Japanese symbol for “ravenous”
ひもじい
ひもじい
Romaji: himojii
very hungry; starving; ravenous
In Japanese, ravenous is ひもじい (himojii).
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Meanings
- adj-i very hungry; starving; ravenous
See also: Chinese symbol for “ravenous”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.