食しょく糧りょう不ぶ足そく
Meanings
Noun
1. food shortage
Kanji used
Composed of
食しょく糧りょう
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
Noun
不ふ足そく
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; lack; scarcity; deficit; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
Noun
Examples6
It will not be long before the world runs short of food.
Many people are suffering from the lack of food.
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
The drought led to an insufficiency of food.
Lack of food made them very hungry.
Violence erupted all over the city because of the food shortages.