| 乏 | meaning | 'destitution, scarce, limited' |
| onyomi | ボウ | |
| kunyomi |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 乏しい | とぼしい, ともしい | meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor |
| 乏しくなる | とぼしくなる | to get scarce, to run short |
| 器用貧乏 | きようびんぼう | Jack of all trades and master of none |
| 欠乏 | けつぼう | want, shortage, famine |
| 窮乏 | きゅうぼう | poverty |
| 耐乏 | たいぼう | austerity, voluntary privation |
| 耐乏生活 | たいぼうせいかつ | hard life, life of austerity |
| 貧乏 | びんぼう | poverty, destitute, poor |
| 貧乏所帯 | びんぼうじょたい | poor household |
| 貧乏神 | びんぼうがみ | god of poverty |
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