noun
schoolchild without lunch; child who goes without meals
Refers to a child, especially a schoolchild, who lacks adequate food or misses meals, often due to poverty. Used in social welfare and educational contexts.
欠食児童を支援するための給食制度が整えられた。
A school lunch program was established to support children who go without meals.
Compound of 欠食 (kesshoku, 'missing a meal') and 児童 (jidō, 'child').