How to say poverty in Japanese

JLPTN1
貧困★【ひんこんhinkon】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • poverty; penury; need; destitution
  • shortage; lack; want

Example Sentences

ライ麦raimugiはha貧困hinkonのno穀物kokumotsuとto称さshousaれreてteいiたta。
Rye was called the grain of poverty.
少数民族shousuuminzokuはha偏見henken、貧困hinkon、抑圧yokuatsuとto戦っているtatakatteiru。
Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.
本来honraiはha、貧困hinkon層souのno女性joseiやya子供kodomoにni医療iryou保護hogoをwo提供teikyouするsuruためにtameni創設sousetsuされたsareta制度seidoであるdearu、アメリカAMERIKA低所得者医療扶助teishotokushairyoufujo制度seidoがga、今日kyouでdeはha、そのsono予算yosanのno約yaku３分の１３bunno１をwo老人roujinにni費やしているtsuiyashiteiru。
Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.
米国beikokuのno豊かさyutakasaはha発展途上国hattentojoukokuのno貧しmazushiさsaとto比較対照hikakutaishouされるsareru。
The affluence of the United States is often contrasted with the poverty of undeveloped countries.
貧乏binbouはha彼女のkanojono性に合わないseiniawanai。
Poverty is alien to her nature.

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