絶対貧困

絶対貧困

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絶	対	貧	困
ぜつ > ぜっ Grade: 5	たい Grade: 3	ひん Grade: 5	こん Grade: 6
goon	on’yomi	kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
絕對貧困 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 絶(ぜっ)対(たい) (zettai, “absolute”) + 貧(ひん)困(こん) (hinkon, “poverty”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜったいひ​んこん [zèttáí híꜜǹkòǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞t̚ta̠i çĩŋkõ̞ɴ]

Noun

絶(ぜっ)対(たい)貧(ひん)困(こん) • (zettai hinkon) 

1. absolute poverty

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN