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かんばつ
旱魃
しょくりょう
食糧
ふそく
不足
まね
いた

The drought led to an insufficiency of food.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
Most common form: 干ばつ
noun
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
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2
noun
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
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0
insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth  (opposite: 満足)
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2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to invite; to ask
2. to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
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Kanji
dry; arid
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カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
リョウ   ロウ   かて provisions, food   
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リョウ   はか to measure   
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タン   ダン    dawn   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
リ   さと village   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
フ   ブ    not   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
ショウ   まね to beckon, invite   
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ショウ   め to summon   
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トウ   かたな sword   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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hand
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