Info on the Kanji 乏

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Meaning(s)

destitution, scarce, limited

Reading(s)

onyomi BOU
kunyomi tobo-shii

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stroke count 4
grade s
jlpt level N1
Example words with 乏
WordMeaning
きゅうぼう
kyuubou
poverty / destitution / privation / indigence / penury
けつぼう
ketsubou
want / shortage / famine
たいぼう
taibou
austerity / voluntary privation
びんぼう
binbou
poverty / destitute / poor
尿ぼうにょう
bou nyou
oliguria
そらぼうそう
sora bou sou
depletion layer
けつぼうしょう
ketsuboushou
deficiency disease
びんぼうがみ
binbougami
god of poverty
びんぼうにん
binbounin
poor man / pauper / the poor / the indigent
びんぼうくじ
binboukuji
unlucky number / blank / bad bargain
びんぼうきゅう
binbou kyuu
unlucky number / blank / bad bargain
しいとぼしい
toboshi i
meagre / meager / scarce / limited / destitute / hard up / lacking / scanty / poor
しきとぼしき
toboshi ki
poverty
学者貧がくしゃびんぼう
gakusha binbou
good scholars are seldom rich
器用貧きようびんぼう
kiyoubinbou
jack of all trades and master of none
困苦窮こんくきゅうぼう
konku kyuubou
hardships and privations
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Example Sentences with 乏
体温上昇、脈拍上昇・・・酸素欠状態です。

浪費は欠のもと。

浪費なければ欠なし。

裕福な人も貧人も死を恐れる。



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