豊ほう作さく飢き饉きんMeaningsNoun1. impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvestsKanji used豊plentiful作make飢hunger饉hungerComposed of豊ほう作さくabundant harvest; bumper cropNoun飢き饉きんfamine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)Noun