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乏

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • destitution
  • scarce
  • limited

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ボウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • とぼ.しい
  • とも.しい
Strokes
4
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1873
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
丿#4 · bend

Components

Common Words

  • 乏しいとぼしいi-Adj.meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
  • 窮乏きゅうぼうNounpoverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury
  • 欠乏けつぼうNoundeficiency, insufficiency, shortage, lack, want, dearth, scarcity
  • 貧乏びんぼうna-Adj.poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
  • 貧乏人びんぼうにんNounpoor person, the poor
  • 乏尿ぼうにょうNounoliguria
  • 乏しきとぼしきNounpoverty
  • 乏精子症ぼうせいししょうNounoligozoospermia, oligospermia

Practice in Kanjiru

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