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乏しいとぼしい

toboshii

meager, scarce, hard up, poor

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Example sentence

彼はいつもお金が乏しい。

He's always short of money.

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Kanji in 乏しい

乏
destitution, limited, scarce

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Words with the same kanji

WordJLPTMeaning
貧乏N1びんぼうpoverty, destitute, poor
欠乏N1けつぼうshortage
窮乏N1きゅうぼうpoverty

More Attributes & Adjectives words

WordMeaning
不明ふめいunknown, ambiguous
通常つうじょうcommon, normal, usual
地元じもとlocal
サイズサイズsize
強きょうstrong
気軽きがるcheerful, buoyant, lighthearted
独自どくじoriginal, peculiar, characteristic
本格ほんかくgenuine, full-scale, authentic

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