Kanji

乏

JLPT N1Jōyō · secondaryfreq #16464 strokes

Meanings

destitution, scarce, limited

ES: escaso, limitado, pobre, insuficiente

窮乏きゅうぼうpoverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury
欠乏けつぼうdeficiency, insufficiency, shortage, lack, want, dearth, scarcity
貧乏びんぼうpoverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
乏しいとぼしいmeagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
貧乏人びんぼうにんpoor person, the poor

この国くにには石油せきゆが乏とぼしい。
Oil is scarce in this country.
El petróleo es escaso en este país.
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その頃ころ、私わたしは非常ひじょうに貧乏びんぼうだった。
I was very poor in those days.
En esos días yo era bastante pobre.
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貧乏びんぼうは、ある意味いみで、天てんの恵めぐみだ。
Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
La pobreza es, en cierto sentido, una bendición.
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飢饉ききんが人々ひとびとにひどい窮乏きゅうぼうをもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
La hambruna hizo pasar a las personas por terribles adversidades.
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