飢饉
ききん
Also written 飢きん, 饑饉
Meanings
- Noun famine; crop failure
- chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Kanji
Example sentences
- 飢饉の見通しが世界の多くの地域に迫っている。
The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world. - 飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death. - 飢饉に病気はつきものだ。
Disease and famine go together. - 飢饉に直面してもあなたは食べ物を他の人と分かち合うことができますか。
Can you share food with others in the face of famine? - 飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
Common phrases
Words containing 飢饉
- 天保の大飢饉 (てんぽうのだいききん) Great Tempo Famine
- 水飢饉 (みずききん) drought
- 豊作飢饉 (ほうさくききん) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest
And 4 more.