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貧乏びんぼう (binbou)

poverty, destitute, poor

  • JLPT N1
  • adjectival noun
  • Pitch 1
  • #5780 most frequent

Meaning

貧乏 (びんぼう, binbou) is a JLPT N1 adjectival noun meaning “poverty, destitute, poor”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

彼かれは昔むかしは貧乏びんぼうだった。

He used to be poor.

貧乏暇なし.

Poor men have no leisure.

私は貧乏です。

I'm poor.

貧乏人の子沢山.

The poor have large families.

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