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窮乏きゅうぼう

きゅうぼう kyuubou Play N1 Noun Suru verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

貧しく、生活に必要なものが十分にないこと。 poverty

Example 1

飢饉ききんが人々ひとびとにひどい窮乏きゅうぼうをもたらした。

Famine caused great distress among the people.

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Example 2

彼かれはそんな窮乏きゅうぼうの中なかでどうやって暮くらしていたのか。

How did he make his living in such poverty?

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Kanji breakdown

乏

N1

destitution; scarce; limited

On reading
ボウ
Kun reading
とぼ.しい、とも.しい
Radical
丿

窮

N1

hard up; destitute; suffer; perplexed; cornered

On reading
キュウ、キョウ
Kun reading
きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み
Radical
穴
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乏しい

N1

とぼしい

meagre; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; scanty; poor

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欠乏

N1

けつぼう

want; shortage; famine

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窮屈

N1

きゅうくつ

narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained

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貧乏

N1

びんぼう

poverty; destitute; poor