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乏 kanji
destitution, scarce, limited
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ボウ
Kun readings
とぼしいともしい
Words with 乏
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —学者貧乏good scholars are seldom rich
- —酸素欠乏oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia
- —貧乏旅行budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap
- —乏精子症oligozoospermia; oligospermia
- —貧乏削りpencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
- —貧乏ゆすりshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
- —貧乏揺るぎshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs); very slight movement
- —貧乏暮らしneedy circumstances; living in poverty
- —貧乏暇なしa poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor
- —胃酸欠乏症gastric achlorhydria
- —貧乏くさいshabby; mean; sorry; dingy
- —貧乏子沢山poor households have many children
- —貧乏パーマcurly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)
- —酸素欠乏症hypoxemia; hypoxia
- —色素欠乏症achromia; albinism
- —鉄欠乏性貧血iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
- —引っ越し貧乏poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
- —貧乏に生まれるto be born poor; to be born into poverty
- —貧乏くじを引くto get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
- —ビタミン欠乏症vitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis