Meaning
欠乏 (けつぼう, ketsubou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “want, shortage, famine”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 2
浪費は 欠乏のもと。
Waste makes want.
体温 上昇、 脈拍 上昇・・・ 酸素 欠乏 状態です。
Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.