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乏しい
とぼしい
N1
i-adjective
Meanings
1
meager
2
scarce
3
hard up
4
poor
5
meagre
Example sentence
知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。
Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.
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Mine a sentence — saw 乏しい in the wild?
Kanji in this word
乏
Destitution, Scarce, Limited
4 strokes
More words with
乏
貧乏
びんぼう ·
poverty
N1
貧乏人
びんぼうにん ·
poor person
欠乏
けつぼう ·
shortage
N1
窮乏
きゅうぼう ·
poverty
N1
貧乏くさい
びんぼうくさい ·
shabby ; mean ; sorry ; dingy
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