困窮者(こんきゅうしゃ)

こんきゅうしゃ
noun
person in need; the destitute
formallegalperson
1. person in need; the destitute; the needy
A person suffering from severe poverty or hardship. A formal term used in social welfare, government policy, and news reporting.
生活(せいかつ)困窮者(こんきゅうしゃ)を支援(しえん)する。
To support people in financial need.
困窮者(こんきゅうしゃ)向(む)けの相談(そうだん)窓口(まどぐち)が設置(せっち)された。
A consultation counter for people in need was set up.
コロナ禍(か)で生活(せいかつ)困窮者(こんきゅうしゃ)が急増(きゅうぞう)し、自治体(じちたい)が対策(たいさく)に追(お)われた。
The COVID pandemic caused a sharp increase in people in financial need, and local governments struggled to respond.

Most commonly appears in the compound 生活(せいかつ)困窮者(こんきゅうしゃ) (person in financial hardship), which is the official term used in Japanese welfare law (生活(せいかつ)困窮者(こんきゅうしゃ)自立(じりつ)支援法(しえんほう) — the Act on Self-Reliance Support for Needy Persons). The suffix 者(しゃ) marks this as a formal, categorical label for a type of person, making it appropriate for policy and news contexts rather than everyday conversation.

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Added 2026.3.21 19:02 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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