乏

JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

乏 — destitution, scarce, limited

JLPT N1
4 strokes
Secondary (Jōyō)
Radical 丿
#1646 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み: ボウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み: とぼ.しいとも.しい

Example words & Vocabulary

貧乏びんぼう

poverty, destitute, poor

欠乏けつぼう

want, shortage, famine

乏しいとぼしい

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

窮乏きゅうぼう

poverty

貧乏人びんぼうにん

Example sentences 3

浪費ろうひは欠乏けつぼうのもと。

Waste makes want.

貧乏びんぼう暇ひまなしですよ。

Poor men have no leisure.

彼かれは昔むかしは貧乏びんぼうだった。

He used to be poor.