飢え死にする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 飢え死にする | 飢え死にしない |
| Polite | 飢え死にします | 飢え死にしません |
| Past polite | 飢え死にしました | 飢え死にしませんでした |
| Past | 飢え死にした | 飢え死にしなかった |
| Te-form | 飢え死にして | 飢え死にしないで |
| Desire | 飢え死にしたい | 飢え死にしたくない |
| Potential | 飢え死にできる | 飢え死にできない |
| Passive | 飢え死にされる | 飢え死にされない |
| Causative | 飢え死にさせる | 飢え死にさせない |
| Causative passive | 飢え死にさせられる | 飢え死にさせられない |
| Volitional | 飢え死にしよう | |
| Polite volitional | 飢え死にしましょう | |
| Imperative | 飢え死にしろ | 飢え死にするな |
| Conditional | 飢え死にすれば | 飢え死にしなければ |
| Tara conditional | 飢え死にしたら | 飢え死にしなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
starvation; starving to death
Refers to death caused by lack of food. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (飢え死にする). The topic is sensitive; often used in serious or historical contexts. Compare with 餓死 (がし), which is more formal and often used in statistics or reports.
See also: 餓死 (がし)
Many people starved to death.
Support is needed to prevent starvation.
During the war, many people starved to death.
They let the child starve to death.
I'm so hungry I feel like I'm going to starve to death.
Thanks to the aid, the villagers avoided starving to death.
Irregular okurigana usage; both え and に are omitted. Very rare.
Irregular okurigana usage; the final に is omitted. Rare and nonstandard.
Variant using 餓 instead of 飢; both kanji mean 'starve', but 飢 is more common in this word.
Abbreviated okurigana spelling; less common but still encountered.
Irregular okurigana usage with a rare kanji variant 饑. Extremely rare.