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ききん
飢饉
ひとびと
人々
ひどい
きゅうぼう
窮乏
もたらした
Famine caused the people great privation.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
2 1
noun
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
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2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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2
1. cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe  (often written with kana only)
2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme  (often written with kana only)
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0
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
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3 0
to bring; to take; to bring about  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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eat; food
キ    table   
キン   famine   うえる to be hungry   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
(kanji repetition symbol)   
キュウ   きわまる to reach an extreme   きわめる to go to extremes   
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シン   み body, person   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
ボウ   とぼしい poor, scanty   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こ    の of   
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