ごくひん

極貧
destitution

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ごくひん【極貧】

extreme [dire, abject] poverty; destitution.

●極貧にあえぐ be desperately poor [in desperate poverty]; be crushed by poverty.

●極貧の destitute; extremely poor; on the breadline; 《文》 indigent

・極貧の中に死ぬ die destitute [desperately poor, in abject poverty].

極貧者 a destitute [desperately poor] person; a person on the breadline; 〈集合的に〉 the destitute [《文》 indigent]; the poorest of the poor.

極貧層 the stratum of the destitute [indigent].