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貧困 (ひんこん): poverty, lack — Japanese vocabulary

貧困 is read ひんこん and means "poverty, lack". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

貧困

Reading
ひんこん · hinkon
Translation
poverty, lack
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ひんこんが

Example

貧困はしばしば犯罪の原因となる。

ひんこんはしばしばはんざいのげんいんとなる。

Poverty often engenders crime.

Kanji in this word

  • 貧 — poor, needy
  • 困 — troubled

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