JLPT N1 • KANJI

drought

Practice Question

🎉 Explanation

English Explanation

The correct reading かんばつ uses On'yomi for 干 (かん) and 旱 (ばつ, typically written in hiragana). 干 means dry. ひばつ uses a Kun'yomi for 干, and ごうばつ, しんばつ are common misreadings of 干. This term describes a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a severe water shortage and harm to agriculture.

日本語解説

正読は音読みの「かん」と「ばつ」です。干は「ひ」と訓読みすることもありますが、この複合語では「かん」です。ごうばつやしんばつは干の誤読です。長期間雨が降らず、水が不足する状態、特に農業に被害を及ぼすものを指します。

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