Word Meaning 豊作飢饉

ほうさくききん housakukikin

豊作飢饉 is read as ほうさくききん (housakukikin) and means impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest.

Meaning

English

  1. impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest
  2. decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

Reading

Kana

ほうさくききん

Romaji

housakukikin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

豊作

ほうさく

abundant harvest

豊年満作

ほうねんまんさく

bumper crops

豊作貧乏

ほうさくびんぼう

impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest

飢饉

ききん

chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

天保の大飢饉

てんぽうのだいききん

Great Tempo Famine

天明の飢饉

てんめいのききん

Tenmei famine (1782-1787)

天保の飢饉

てんぽうのききん

Tenpō famine (1833-1836)

大飢饉

だいききん

great famine

水飢饉

みずききん

drought

享保の飢饉

きょうほうのききん

Kyōhō famine (1732)

豊饒

ふにょう

fertile

ゆたか

(well) over