食 糧 難(しょくりょうなん)

しょくりょうなん

noun

food shortage; food crisis

1. food shortage; food crisis; famine conditions

A situation where the food supply is insufficient for the population, whether due to war, natural disaster, or other causes.

戦後(せんご)は食糧難(しょくりょうなん)に苦(くる)しんだ。

People suffered from food shortages after the war.

干(かん)ばつによる食糧難(しょくりょうなん)が深刻化(しんこくか)している。

The food shortage caused by the drought is worsening.

世界(せかい)人口(じんこう)の増加(ぞうか)に伴(ともな)い、将来的(しょうらいてき)な食糧難(しょくりょうなん)が懸念(けねん)されている。

With the increase in world population, future food shortages are a concern.

Composed of 食糧(しょくりょう) (food supply, provisions) + 難(なん) (difficulty, hardship). Refers to a large-scale food shortage affecting a region or country, not an individual's lack of food. In Japan, the term is strongly associated with the severe food shortages of the immediate postwar period (1945-1948).

Common collocations

食糧難(しょくりょうなん)に陥(おちい)る — to fall into a food crisis
食糧難(しょくりょうなん)を乗(の)り越(こ)える — to overcome a food shortage
深刻(しんこく)な食糧難(しょくりょうなん) — severe food shortage

Similar words

飢饉(ききん) — famine; more severe, implies mass starvation
食糧不足(しょくりょうぶそく) — food insufficiency; more neutral, technical term
飢餓(きが) — starvation, hunger; refers to the physical condition of being starved

Related Words

Compare: 飢饉(ききん) (famine)

Compare: 食糧不足(しょくりょうぶそく) (food insufficiency)

Compare: 飢餓(きが) (starvation, hunger)

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Added 2026.3.26 23:34 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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