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Keyword
hunger
Info
FrequencyTop 3000-3100
KankenLevel 1
Readings
きん
(100%)
Composed of
𩙿
eat food
廿
twenty
口
mouth
龶
king with a hat
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
great famine; severe famine
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Great Famine (Ireland)
Tenpō famine (1833-1836); Tempo famine
Great Tempo Famine
Tenmei famine (1782-1787); Temmei famine
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
drought; water shortage
Orissa famine of 1866
Rajputana famine of 1869
Examples (7 in total)
If the harvest gets any worse, there could be a famine.
Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
Can you share food with others in the face of famine?
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