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貧窮

Reading

Kana: ひんきゅう
Romaji: hinkyū
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
vs
adj-no
1

great poverty

Kanji

貧
Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
Meanings: poverty, poor
窮
Readings: キュウ、 キョウ、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み
Meanings: hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

Example Sentence

大統領(だいとうりょう)は国民(こくみん)に貧窮(ひんきゅう)や病気(びょうき)との戦(たたか)いで団結(だんけつ)するように呼(よ)びかけた。
➥The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
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