hunger

空腹、空腹感

食べ物を食べる必要があると感じること。

やさしい英語で： The feeling that you need to eat.

• I felt hunger after the walk.
• A bowl of soup satisfied his hunger.
• She woke with sharp hunger pangs.

類義語： hungriness, appetite

反対語： fullness

よく使う表現： feel hunger, hunger pangs, satisfy hunger

飢餓、食糧不足

深刻な食糧不足で、健康を保てるだけの食事ができない状態。

やさしい英語で： A serious shortage of food that leaves people unable to eat enough to stay healthy.

• Many families face hunger.
• The charity works to reduce hunger worldwide.
• War and drought left thousands suffering from hunger.

類義語： starvation, food shortage

よく使う表現： world hunger, fight hunger, die of hunger

渇望、強い欲求

何かを非常に強く求める気持ち。

やさしい英語で： A very strong wish or need for something.

• He has a hunger for success.
• Her hunger to learn impressed the teacher.
• The book reflects a deep hunger for freedom.

使い方： hunger for something (Her hunger for knowledge never faded.); hunger to do something (The players showed a hunger to win.)

類義語： desire, longing, craving

よく使う表現： hunger for success, hunger for knowledge, hunger to win

渇望する、切望する

何かをとても強く望む。

やさしい英語で： To want something very strongly.

• They hunger for freedom.
• She hungered for news of her family.
• People who hunger for knowledge will always find questions to ask.

使い方： hunger for something (She hungered for a chance to start again.); hunger after something (He hungered after power all his life.)

類義語： long, yearn, crave

よく使う表現： hunger for love, hunger for knowledge, hunger after power

飢える、腹が減る

十分に食べていないため、食べ物を必要とする。

やさしい英語で： To need food because you have not eaten enough.

• The children hungered through the winter.
• No one should hunger while food goes to waste.
• They hungered and thirsted during the long journey.

類義語： be hungry, go hungry

よく使う表現： hunger and thirst, hunger for bread