Meaning
窮乏 (きゅうぼう, kyuubou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “poverty”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 2
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
このころ新平は窮乏生活を強がって、「人智は空腹よりいずる」を口癖にしたという。
It was around this time that steeled himself against a life of poverty and it is reputed that he would often say that 'Knowledge comes from hunger.'