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gaki
noun

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gaki
gaki

English Meaning(s) for 餓鬼

noun
  1. brat; kid; urchin; little devil
  2. preta; hungry ghost (orig. meaning)

Meanings for each kanji in 餓鬼

» starve; hungry; thirst
» ghost; devil

Stroke Order Diagrams for 餓鬼

Sample Sentences for 餓鬼

I am your father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night, and during the day I am confined to burn in fires, until the evil crimes I had done in my life are burnt and purged away.
I am thy father’s spirit; doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, and, for the day, confin’d to waste in fires till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purg’d away.

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