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今日の漢字
Secondary schoolJLPT N1

destitution, scarce, limited

4 strokes · frequency rank #1646

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ボウ
Kun
とぼ.しい、とも.しい

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Common words

  1. けつぼうdeficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack1
    • Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.

    • Waste makes want.

    • Waste not, want not.

  2. びんぼうpoverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious2
    • I was very poor in those days.

    • I'm poor.

    • He is as poor as can be.

  3. とぼしいmeagre; meager; scarce; limited3
    • Oil is scarce in this country.

    • Rain is scarce in this country.

    • He's always short of money.

  4. びんぼうにんpoor person; the poor4
    • Children are poor men's riches.

    • The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.

    • The rich and the poor are afraid of death.

  5. きゅうぼうpoverty; destitution; privation; indigence5
    • Famine caused great distress among the people.

    • How did he make his living in such poverty?

  6. たいぼうausterity; voluntary privation6

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