feeling of hunger; hunger sensation
Refers to the subjective physical sensation of hunger, often used in medical, nutritional, or everyday contexts.
When dieting, you have to fight the feeling of hunger.
This medicine has the effect of suppressing hunger sensations.
Compound of 飢餓 (starvation, hunger) and 感 (feeling, sensation). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for expressing bodily sensations.