飢餓

きが

starvation; famine; hunger

What does 飢餓 mean?

飢餓 is a Japanese noun meaning starvation; famine; hunger in English. It is written as 飢餓 in kanji, きが in hiragana, and kiga in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

これらの国では飢餓が普通のことである。

In these countries hunger is the rule.