ヒンコン
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. poverty; penury; need; destitution
2. shortage; lack; want
Pitch accent
ンコン
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
pauper; the needy; the poor
poor region; deprived area
Examples (14 in total)
They guard their families from poverty.
I was born into a poor family.
It was the increase in population that caused the poverty.
People struggled against poverty.
Rye was called the grain of poverty.
We want freedom from poverty.
The government promised to wipe out poverty.
Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.
Many countries have problems with poverty.
Some people blame poverty for crime.
How many people are now living in poverty?
Poverty sometimes drives people to commit crimes.
Crime has often been related to poverty.
According to a survey, 1 billion people are suffering from poverty in the world.