渇く
N2かわく kawaku
- to be thirsty
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
口渴;干渴
Chinese notes
渇く常用于喉咙渴;乾く常用于物体变干。
Examples
- お腹が空いたし、のども渇いた。I'm hungry and thirsty.我肚子饿了,喉咙也渴了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0f1848395f'); // 渇く
{
"id": "0f1848395f",
"word": "渇く",
"reading": "かわく",
"romaji": "kawaku",
"meanings": [
"to be thirsty"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5k",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1208520,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "お腹が空いたし、のども渇いた。",
"furigana": "お{腹|なか}が{空|す}いたし、のども{渇|かわ}いた。",
"en": "I'm hungry and thirsty.",
"tatoeba_id": 2310151
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "428c2c7735e57509e6febabc710426669cde48472e85b8f2aeb32e833160bd87",
"meanings": [
"口渴",
"干渴"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "お腹が空いたし、のども渇いた。",
"zh": "我肚子饿了,喉咙也渴了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/0f1848395f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1208520; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "8ea21c547b82da7c13c00e38eef616f1383e896a56ea44ebc178c6d3914d4087",
"notes": "渇く常用于喉咙渴;乾く常用于物体变干。"
}
}