ひんこん

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    poverty, penury, need, destitution

    • 人々は貧困に苦しんだ。
      People were ground down by poverty.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    shortage, lack, want