Word details

窮乏

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 窮乏.

Dictionary

Entry

窮乏ゅうぼうNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #50508
1

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

Examples
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered

15 strokesFrequency 1,756JLPT N1Grade 8

On

キュウキョウ

Kun

きわ.めるきわ.まるきわ.まりきわ.み

destitution, scarce, limited

3 strokesFrequency 1,646JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ボウ

Kun

とぼ.しいとも.しい

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