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 701 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

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

討死

うちじに

death in battle

異状死

いじょうし

unnatural death

Example Sentences

1

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.