豊作飢饉

Reading

Kana: ほうさくききん

Romaji: housakukikin

Definition

noun

1

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

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

豊

Readings: ホウ、 ブ、 ゆた.か、 とよ

Meanings: bountiful, excellent, rich

作

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り

Meanings: make, production, prepare, build

飢

Readings: キ、 う.える

Meanings: hungry, starve

饉

Readings: キン、 う.える

Meaning: hunger