What does 飢饉 mean?
飢饉 is a Japanese noun meaning “famine” in English. It can also be translated as “chronic shortage (e.g. of water)” depending on context. It is written as 飢饉 in kanji, ききん in hiragana, and kikin in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。
These countries were often visited with famine.