Dictionary / Vocabulary / 飢饉
ききん
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
JLPT N2 common word Also written 飢きん、饑饉
収穫がもっと悪くなれば、飢饉が起こるかも知れない。
If the harvest gets any worse, there could be a famine.
飢饉の見通しが世界の多くの地域に迫っている。
The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world.
飢饉のために、家畜が餓死した。
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.