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乏しい (とぼしい) — meager | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

乏しい

とぼしい

i-adjective

Meanings

1meager
2scarce
3hard up
4poor
5meagre

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.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

乏Destitution, Scarce, Limited4 strokes

More words with 乏

欠乏けつぼう · shortageN1 窮乏きゅうぼう · povertyN1 貧乏人びんぼうにん · poor person 貧乏びんぼう · povertyN1

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