貧困ひんこん (hinkon)

poverty, lack

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Meaning

貧困 (ひんこん, hinkon) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “poverty, lack”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

かれらは 貧困ひんこんくるしんでいる

They suffer from poverty.

欧米に比べて日本の住宅事情は極めて貧困だ。

Compared to (the situations) in Europe and the U.S., the housing situation in Japan is extremely poor.

貧困ひんこん勤勉きんべんはは

Want is the mother of industry.

人々ひとびと貧困ひんこんくるしんだ。

People were ground down by poverty.