政府は窮民の救済に努めている。
The government is working to relieve the destitute.
飢饉の年には、藩が米蔵を開いて窮民に施しをした。
In famine years, the domain opened its rice storehouses and gave alms to the poor.
戦後の混乱期には、都市に多くの窮民があふれた。
In the chaotic postwar years, the cities were overflowing with impoverished people.