豊作飢饉

ほうさくききん

Meanings

1. Noun impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

Kanji

• 豊 abundant. Read as ホウ.
• 作 make. Read as サク.
• 飢 starve
• 饉 hunger. Read as キン.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists