Word Meaning 餓死

がし gashi

餓死 is read as がし (gashi) and means (death from) starvation.

Meaning

English

  1. (death from) starvation
  2. starving to death

Reading

Kana

がし

Romaji

gashi

Writing Variants

  • 餓死 がしん gashin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Rank 504 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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餓死寸前

がしすんぜん

being on the verge of starvation

即死

そくし

instant death

過失致死

かしつちし

involuntary manslaughter

致死

ちし

lethal

壊死

えし

necrosis

仮死

かし

(state of) apparent death

憤死

ふんし

dying in a fit of anger or indignation

検死

けんし

examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed

事故死

じこし

accidental death

不審死

ふしんし

undetermined manner of death

災害関連死

さいがいかんれんし

disaster-related death

異状死

いじょうし

unnatural death

Example Sentences

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ききんのとしには、おおくのひとががしした。

In the famine year, many people starved to death.

They are on the border of starvation.

Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

The poor cat was on the verge of starvation.

The poor child was on the verge of starvation.

In the drought, many people and animals starved to death.

I might as well drown as starve.

I would sooner starve than betray him.

It was as clear as day that Shinji would die from hunger.

During that time, we only heard about thieves, about murders, about men who had died of hunger.