貧ひん寒かん

noun, na-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle, taru-adjective

destitution; misery; meagerness

Formal or literary term for extreme poverty and hardship. Rare in everyday speech; more common synonyms are 貧困 or 貧乏.

• 彼かれは貧ひん寒かんのうちに生しょう涯がいを終おえた。

  He ended his life in destitution.

• その村むらは貧ひん寒かんたる有あり様さまだった。

  The village was in a miserable state.