Words — 24 found
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飢える
1. to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
2. to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
餓える 【うえる】、饑える 【うえる】、飢える 【かつえる】、餓える 【かつえる】
饑える: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. thirst; dry mouth; -dipsia
1. thirst; craving; desire
1. thirst
すいぜん
垂涎
1. avid desire; craving; thirst; envy
2. watering at the mouth; droolingorig. meaning
垂涎 【すいえん】、垂涎 【すいせん】
すいせん: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
1. polydipsia; excessive thirst (e.g. with diabetes)
1. dying of thirstArchaic
1. craving; longing; thirsting
1. to be thirsty; to be dry
かっとうせんみずの
渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず
1. better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirstyProverb