Words — 13 found
ききん
飢饉
1. famine; crop failure
2. chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
飢きん 【ききん】、饑饉 【ききん】
饑饉: Rarely-used kanji form.
ほうさくききん
豊作飢饉
1. 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