1
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest;decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
1
famine;crop failure
これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。
These countries were often visited with famine.
2
chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
Other forms
飢きん 【ききん】 · 饑饉 【ききん】 (rarely used kanji form)