飢餓

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The noun 飢餓 (きが) denotes starvation or famine caused by a severe lack of food.
• Basic usage: A community may 飢餓を乗り越える, and a story can take such deprivation as its subject.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Severe lack of food
  • It is closer to prolonged, life-threatening deprivation than to ordinary hunger from missing a meal.