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飢饉 (ききん): famine — Japanese vocabulary

飢饉 is read ききん and means "famine". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

飢饉

Reading
ききん · kikin
Translation
famine
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ききんがききんが

Example

飢饉に病気はつきものだ。

ききんにびょうきはつきものだ。

Disease and famine go together.

Kanji in this word

  • 飢 — starve, hunger

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