Word Meaning 貧困

ひんこん hinkon

貧困 is read as ひんこん (hinkon) and means shortage.

Meaning

English

  1. shortage
  2. lack
  3. want
  4. poverty
  5. penury
  6. need
  7. destitution

Reading

Kana

ひんこん

Romaji

hinkon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 富裕 Rank 6294 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

貧困女子

ひんこんじょし

women with low disposable incomes

貧困問題

ひんこんもんだい

poverty problem

貧困国

ひんこんこく

poor country

貧困者

ひんこんしゃ

pauper

生理の貧困

せいりのひんこん

period poverty

絶対貧困

ぜったいひんこん

absolute poverty

貧困率

ひんこんりつ

poverty rate

貧困地域

ひんこんちいき

poor region

貧困線

ひんこんせん

poverty line

貧困層

ひんこんそう

underclasses

絶対的貧困

ぜったいてきひんこん

absolute poverty

刺激の貧困

しげきのひんこん

poverty of stimulus

Example Sentences

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People were ground down by poverty.

The pauper was begging for a living.

I was born into a poor family.

Many diseases result from poverty.

Some people blame poverty for crime.

The issue of Third World poverty is very pressing.

Rye was called the grain of poverty.

Many countries have problems with poverty.

Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.

I've had enough of your anti-science poverty.