飢える

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
餓える
饑える

*/uwu//uweru//ueru/

From classical verb 飢う (uu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「飢える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
飢える
Imperative (命令形) 飢えろ
Key constructions
Passive 飢えられる えられ
Causative 飢えらせる えらせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 飢えよう えよ
Negative 飢えない ない
Negative perfective 飢えなかった なかった
Formal 飢えます えま
Perfective 飢えた えた
Conjunctive 飢えて えて
Hypothetical conditional 飢えれば れば

Verb

()える (ueruうゑる (uweru)?intransitive ichidan (stem () (ue), past ()えた (ueta))

  1. to starve, be hungry
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
餓える

Pronunciation

Verb

(かつ)える (katsueruかつゑる (katweru)?intransitive ichidan (stem (かつ) (katsue), past (かつ)えた (katsueta))

  1. to starve, be hungry
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN