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飢饉

饑饉、飢きん
ききん
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
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水飢饉

みずききん
drought; water shortage
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豊作飢饉

ほうさくききん
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
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大飢饉

だいききん
severe famine
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天保の大飢饉

てんぽうのだいききん
Great Tempo Famine