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Keyword
scarcity
  • destitution
  • scarce
  • limited
Frequency
#1646
Strokes
4
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1300
Readings
ボウ80%
とぼ20%
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
貧びん乏ぼう
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
Na-adjective
乏とぼしい
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
I-adjective
貧びん乏ぼう人にん
poor person; the poor
Noun
耐たい乏ぼう
austerity; voluntary privation
Noun
欠けつ乏ぼう
deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
Noun
窮きゅう乏ぼう
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
Noun
貧びん乏ぼう神がみ
god of poverty
Noun
欠けつ乏ぼう症しょう
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
Noun
貧びん乏ぼう性しょう
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
Noun
器き用よう貧びん乏ぼう
jack of all trades, master of none
Noun
貧びん乏ぼうくじ
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
Noun
貧びん乏ぼうゆすり
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
Noun
乏とぼしき
poverty
Noun