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JLPT N1 Vocabulary

欠乏 (ketsubou)

want, shortage, famine

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Meaning

欠乏 (けつぼう, ketsubou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “want, shortage, famine”.

Kanji in this word

欠 lack 乏 destitution

Example sentences 2

浪費ろうひは欠乏けつぼうのもと。

Waste makes want.

体温たいおん上昇じょうしょう、脈拍みゃくはく上昇じょうしょう・・・酸素さんそ欠乏けつぼう状態じょうたいです。

Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.

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