Noun
famine; crop failure
これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。These countries were often visited with famine. chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Also written 飢きん【ききん】、饑饉【ききん】
8 results for *饉*
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水飢饉みずききん
Noundrought; water shortage
大飢饉だいききん
Noungreat famine; severe famine
豊作飢饉ほうさくききん
Nounimpoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
享保の飢饉きょうほうのききん
NounKyōhō famine (1732)
天明の飢饉てんめいのききん
NounTenmei famine (1782-1787); Temmei famine
天保の飢饉てんぽうのききん
NounTenpō famine (1833-1836); Tempo famine
天保の大飢饉てんぽうのだいききん
NounGreat Tempo Famine