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to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
戦争中に多くの人々が餓えて苦しんだ。
During the war, many people suffered from starvation.
知識に餓えた若者が図書館に集まった。
Young people hungry for knowledge gathered at the library.
避難民キャンプで多くの子供たちが餓えに苦しんでいた。
Many children in the refugee camp were suffering from starvation.