飢うえに苦くるしむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

suffer from hunger; be tormented by hunger

Describes the state of enduring severe hunger or starvation, often in a dramatic or literary context.

• 戦せん争そう中ちゅう、多おおくの人ひと々びとが飢うえに苦くるしんだ。

  During the war, many people suffered from hunger.

• 彼かれは長ながい間あいだ食たべ物ものがなく、飢うえに苦くるしんでいた。

  He had no food for a long time and was tormented by hunger.