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渇かわく

N2
かわく kawaku
  1. 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

  • お腹なかが空すいたし、のども渇かわいた。
    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。"
  }
}