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貧困ひんこん

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Inflections of 貧困
Common
ひんこん
Meaning
    1. ①
      poverty; penury; need; destitution
      人々ひとびとは貧困ひんこんに苦くるしんだ。
      People were ground down by poverty.
    2. ②
      shortage; lack; want
    1. ①
      EN Poverty is epidemic dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.
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Kanji
貧 ヒン poverty, poor 困 コン quandary, become distressed, annoyed
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貧困層ひんこんそう

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ひんこんそう
Meaning
    1. underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
      本来ほんらいは、貧困層ひんこんそうの女性じょせいや子供こどもに医療いりょう保護ほごを提供ていきょうするために創設そうせつされた制度せいどである、アメリカ低所得者ていしょとくしゃ医療いりょう扶助ふじょ制度せいどが、今日きょうでは、その予算よさんの約やく３分さんぶんの１いちを老人ろうじんに費ついやしている。
      Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.
Kanji
貧 ヒン poverty, poor 困 コン quandary, become distressed, annoyed 層 ソウ stratum, social class, layer
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