| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 飢え | うえ | hunger, starvation |
| 飢餓 | きが | hunger, starvation |
| 飢える | うえる, かつえる | to starve, to thirst, to be hungry |
| 飢饉 | ききん | famine, drought, shortage, crop failure |
| 飢きん | ききん | famine, drought, shortage, crop failure |
| 愛に飢える | あいにうえる | to hunger (starve) for love |
| 飢死に | うえじに, がし, かつえじに, きし | (death from) starvation, starving to death |
| 飢死 | うえじに, がし, かつえじに, きし | (death from) starvation, starving to death |
| 飢え死に | うえじに, がし, かつえじに, きし | (death from) starvation, starving to death |
| 飢え死 | うえじに, がし, かつえじに, きし | (death from) starvation, starving to death |
