Jisho

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Words — 8 found

Noun
1. famine; crop failure
Noun
2. chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
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3. FamineA famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by seve... Read more
Other forms
飢きん 【ききん】饑饉 【ききん】
Notes
饑饉: Rarely-used kanji form.
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てんぽうだいきん 天保大飢饉
Noun
1. Great Tempo Famine
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2. Tenpo famineThe Tenpo famine (天保の飢饉, Tenpo no kikin), also known as t... Read more
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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
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