JLPT N1 · な-adjective

貧困 (hinkon)

貧困 (ひんこん, hinkon) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “poverty; penury”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひんこん
Romaji: hinkon
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

poverty; penury; need; destitution · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
shortage; lack; want · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の

Example sentences

人々は貧困に苦しんだ。

People were ground down by poverty.

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

Conjugation of 貧困

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	貧困だ	ひんこんだ hinkonda
Present (polite)	貧困です	ひんこんです hinkondesu
Negative	貧困じゃない	ひんこんじゃない hinkonjanai
Past	貧困だった	ひんこんだった hinkondatta
Negative past	貧困じゃなかった	ひんこんじゃなかった hinkonjanakatta
Te-form	貧困で	ひんこんで hinkonde
Before a noun	貧困な	ひんこんな hinkonna
Adverb (~ni)	貧困に	ひんこんに hinkonni

Kanji in 貧困

貧

poverty, poorヒン・ビン・まず.しい · 11 strokes

困

quandary, become distressed, annoyedコン・こま.る · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 貧困.

貧しいまずしいpoor貧弱ひんじゃくpoor貧乏びんぼうpoverty-stricken困るこまるto be troubled困難こんなんdifficulty

Source: JMdict entry 1490830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.