Meaning
飢饉 (ききん, kikin) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “famine”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
その国では飢饉は深刻な問題だ
The famine is a serious problem in that country.
我々に飢饉が迫った。
Famine stared us in the face.
飢饉に病気はつきものだ。
Disease and famine go together.
飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。
Because of the famine the cattle starved to death.
火山の噴火に続いて飢饉が訪れた。
Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
その長い干ばつの後に飢饉が起こった。
The long drought was followed by famine.
これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。
These countries were often visited with famine.
たいてい、飢饉になると疫病も発生する。
More often than not, famine is accompanied by plague.
翌々年には大飢饉で、加茂川が餓死者で埋まる。
Two years later a great famine occurred, and the Kamo River was filled with those who starved to death.
収穫がもっと悪くなれば、飢饉が起こるかも知れない。
If the harvest gets any worse, there could be a famine.
それが、こんなに多数の人が饑饉で苦しんでいる理由です。
That is why so many people are suffering from famine.