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生活困窮者 (せいかつこんきゅうしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生せい活かつ困こん窮きゅう者しゃ

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Meanings

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noun

person in need; person facing economic hardship

law

Formal term used in legal, social welfare, and policy contexts. Refers to individuals or households struggling to meet basic living needs.

生せい活かつ困こん窮きゅう者しゃ自じ立りつ支し援えん法ほうは、生せい活かつに困こまっている人ひとを支し援えんするための法ほう律りつです。
The Act on Self-Reliance Support for Persons in Need is a law to assist people facing economic hardship.

市しは生せい活かつ困こん窮きゅう者しゃ向むけの相そう談だん窓まど口ぐちを設せっ置ちした。

The city set up a consultation desk for persons in need.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
活lively, resuscitation, being helped
困quandary, become distressed, annoyed
窮hard up, destitute, suffer
者someone, person

Similar words

生せい活かつ保ほ護ご受じゅ給きゅう者しゃ
生活保護受給者 refers specifically to recipients of public assistance under the Livelihood Protection Act, while 生活困窮者 is a broader term for anyone facing economic hardship, regardless of whether they receive formal aid.
低てい所しょ得とく者しゃ
低所得者 means 'low-income person' and focuses on income level, whereas 生活困窮者 emphasizes the state of struggling to meet basic living needs, which may involve factors beyond income.

Etymology

Compound of 生活 (livelihood), 困窮 (hardship, destitution), and 者 (person). The term is a modern legal and administrative coinage, not an ancient word.