famine

飢饉

地域全体で食べ物が極端に不足し、多くの人が飢えたり死んだりすること。

やさしい英語で： A severe lack of food across an area, causing many people to go hungry or die.

• The country faces famine.
• Drought and war caused widespread famine.
• Aid workers brought food to villages affected by famine.

類義語： food shortage

よく使う表現： widespread famine, famine relief, face famine, risk of famine

飢饉

食べ物が極端に不足し、多くの人が飢えたり死んだりする時期。

やさしい英語で： A period when an area has so little food that many people go hungry or die.

• The famine lasted two years.
• Her grandparents survived a terrible famine.
• Several famines struck the region during that century.

よく使う表現： during the famine, years of famine, survive a famine