I Love Kanji飢える (ueru)
飢える (うえる, ueru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to starve; to be famished”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うえる
- Romaji
- ueru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to starve; to be famished; to be hungry · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 飢える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 飢える | うえる ueru |
| Polite (~masu) | 飢えます | うえます uemasu |
| Negative | 飢えない | うえない uenai |
| Polite negative | 飢えません | うえません uemasen |
| Past | 飢えた | うえた ueta |
| Polite past | 飢えました | うえました uemashita |
| Negative past | 飢えなかった | うえなかった uenakatta |
| Te-form | 飢えて | うえて uete |
| Potential | 飢えられる | うえられる uerareru |
| Passive | 飢えられる | うえられる uerareru |
| Causative | 飢えさせる | うえさせる uesaseru |
| Volitional | 飢えよう | うえよう ueyou |
| Imperative | 飢えろ | うえろ uero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 飢えれば | うえれば uereba |
Kanji in 飢える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 飢える.
Source: JMdict entry 1224080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.