Word · 単語
飢饉
Reading ききん
famine
- 1 famine, crop failure
- 2 chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
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例文 · examples
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.
これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。
These countries were often visited with famine.
飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
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.