Word details

貧しい

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 貧しい.

Dictionary

Entry

貧しいずし~い Adj.Freq #6350
1

poor; needy

Examples
われわれは貧しい人あざ笑ってはいけない。
We must not laugh at the poor.
2

lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

poverty, poor

11 strokesFrequency 1,211JLPT N2Grade 5

On

ヒンビン

Kun

まず.しい

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