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貧びん乏ぼう
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Meanings
Na-adjective
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
Other spellings
貧之びんぼう
Kanji used
貧poor乏scarcity
Kanji in other spellings
之archaic の (manly)
Pitch accent
びんぼう
Used in vocabulary
貧びん乏ぼう人にん
poor person; the poor
Noun
貧びん乏ぼう神がみ
god of poverty
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
貧びん乏ぼう所じょ帯たい
poor household
Noun
貧びん乏ぼう暮ぐらし
needy circumstances; living in poverty
Noun
大たい漁りょう貧びん乏ぼう
impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch
Noun
豊ほう作さく貧びん乏ぼう
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
Noun
学がく者しゃ貧びん乏ぼう
good scholars are seldom rich
Expression
貧びん乏ぼう暇ひまなし
a poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor
Expression
貧びん乏ぼう旅りょ行こう
budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap
Noun
Examples93
I was very poor in those days.
Tony did not feel poor.
He didn't like being poor.
His house argues him to be poor.
He was happy, poor as he was.
George is poor, but he's always happy.