乏しい
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 乏しい
1
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
Examples
この国には石油が乏しい。
Oil is scarce in this country.
Kanji in this Word
乏
3 strokes
Frequency: 1646
JLPT N1
Grade 8
Meanings
destitution
scarce
limited
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ボウ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
とぼ.しい
とも.しい
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