JLPT N2 · Noun

飢饉 (kikin)

飢饉 (ききん, kikin) is a Japanese noun meaning “famine; crop failure”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ききん
Romaji: kikin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

famine; crop failure · noun
chronic shortage (e.g. of water) · noun

Example sentences

これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。

These countries were often visited with famine.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 飢饉

飢

hungry, starveキ・う.える · 10 strokes

饉

hungerキン・う.える · 20 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 飢饉.

飢えるうえるto starve

Source: JMdict entry 1591080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.