窮乏 (kyuubou)

飢饉ききんが 人々ひとびとにひどい 窮乏きゅうぼうをもたらした。

Famine caused great distress among the people.

このころ新平は窮乏生活を強がって、「人智は空腹よりいずる」を口癖にしたという。

It was around this time that steeled himself against a life of poverty and it is reputed that he would often say that 'Knowledge comes from hunger.'