貧困(ひんこん)

貧困(ひんこん) refers to poverty—a state of extreme lack of financial resources. It can function as a noun or na-adjective.

Types

• 絶対的(ぜったいてき)貧困(ひんこん): absolute poverty (lacking basic needs)
• 相対的(そうたいてき)貧困(ひんこん): relative poverty (below societal standards)
• 子(こ)どもの貧困(ひんこん): child poverty

Compounds

• 貧困(ひんこん)層(そう): the impoverished class
• 貧困(ひんこん)率(りつ): poverty rate
• 貧困(ひんこん)線(せん): poverty line
• 貧困(ひんこん)問題(もんだい): poverty problem

Common patterns

• 貧困(ひんこん)に陥(おちい)る: to fall into poverty
• 貧困(ひんこん)から抜(ぬ)け出(だ)す: to escape from poverty
• 貧困(ひんこん)を撲滅(ぼくめつ)する: to eradicate poverty

Related words

• 貧(まず)しい: poor (adjective)
• 貧乏(びんぼう): poor, poverty (more colloquial)