Words — 8 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. 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
かつのぞいほ
渇に臨みて井を掘る
1. to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirstyIdiomatic expression
かつのぞせいうが
渇に臨みて井を穿つ
1. to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirstyProverb
渇に臨みて井を穿つ 【かつにのぞみていをうがつ】