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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
- —貧乏人の子沢山poor households have many children
- —貧乏揺るぎもしないcompletely motionless; totally still
- —稼ぐに追いつく貧乏なしpoverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
- —闕乏deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
- —缺乏deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
- —貧乏籤short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
- —貧乏臭いshabby; mean; sorry; dingy
- —貧乏揺すりshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
- —貧乏ゆるぎshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs); very slight movement
- —貧乏暇無しa poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor
- —引越し貧乏poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
- —貧乏ヒマなしa poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor
- —貧乏ヒマ無しa poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor
- —貧乏籤を引くto get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
- —貧乏子だくさんpoor households have many children
- —貧乏人の子だくさんpoor households have many children
- —稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無しpoverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune