貧乏びんぼう (binbou)

poverty, destitute, poor

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

かれむかし貧乏びんぼうだった。

He used to be poor.

貧乏びんぼうな家庭は子共を大学にやれない。

Poor families cannot send their children to college.

貧乏を弁解すると、なおさら貧乏くさく聞こえる。

If you make excuses for being poor you will seem (literally: sound) still poorer.

学生は貧乏だというのに、結構いい車を乗り回しているね。

Students are said to be poor, but they are driving around in pretty good cars, aren't they?