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飢饉
ききん
N2
noun
Meanings
1
famine
2
crop failure
3
chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Example sentence
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 飢饉 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
飢
Hungry, Starve
10 strokes
More words with
飢
飢餓
きが ·
starvation
飢え死に
うえじに ·
(death from) starvation
飢える
うえる ·
to starve
N2
飢え
うえ ·
hunger
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