No. 4,040 in Japanese
ハンスト
"Hunger strike."
In a sentence
彼は政治的な理由でハンストを始めました。
He started a hunger strike for political reasons.
The term ハンスト is used here to indicate 'hunger strike', referring to a voluntary abstention from eating to protest or make a statement.
活動家たちはハンストを通じて政府に要求を伝えました。
The activists conveyed their demands to the government through a hunger strike.
In this context, ハンスト emphasizes the method of protest used by the activists to make their demands known.
彼女はその問題に抗議するためのハンストに参加しています。
She is participating in a hunger strike to protest against the issue.
Here, ハンスト describes the action of participating in a movement where refraining from food serves as the means of protest.
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