飢饉 (Kikin) is a Japanese noun meaning “famine, crop failure, chronic shortage (e.g. of water)”.
Meanings
- nounfamine; crop failure
- nounchronic shortage (e.g. of water)
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.
飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).