キキン
Meanings
Noun
1. Hungersnot; Nahrungsmittel-Knappheit; Hungerkatastrophe
2. Mangel; Knappheit
Pitch accent
キン
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
severe famine
Wassermangel; Wassernot
Armut durch eine gute Ernte (weil die Preis fallen)
Examples (5 in total)
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
If the harvest gets any worse, there could be a famine.
The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world.
The long drought was followed by famine.