餓(う)える

to starve; to hunger

餓(う)え

hunger; starvation

飢餓(きが)

famine; starvation

餓死(がし)

death from starvation

餓鬼(がき)

hungry ghost; glutton

餓(う)え死(じ)に

starvation; dying of hunger

餓(う)え苦(くる)しむ

to suffer from hunger

餓死(

戦時中(せんじちゅう)、食料(しょくりょう)が足(た)りず、村人(むらびと)たちは餓死寸前(がししすんぜん)だった。

During the war, the villagers were on the verge of starving to death because there was not enough food.

食料(しょくりょう)が尽(つ)き、彼(かれ)らは餓(う)えに苦(くる)しんだ。

Their food ran out, and they suffered from hunger.