貧ひん苦く

noun

hardships of poverty; serious poverty

Refers to the suffering and difficulties caused by being poor. Often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 彼かれは貧ひん苦くにあえいでいる。

  He is suffering from the hardships of poverty.

• 貧ひん苦くのため、子こ供どもたちは十じゅう分ぶんな教きょう育いくを受うけられなかった。

  Because of serious poverty, the children could not receive a proper education.