Search Terms: *饉*
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noun
1.
famine, crop failure
2.
chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Other readings:
飢きん【ききん】
、饑饉【ききん】
noun
•
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(yojijukugo)