Kanji Details:
- 乏
- Frequency:1646
- Kun: とぼ.しい, とも.しい
- On: ボウ
- Meaning: destitution, scarce, limited
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 貧乏 びんぼう poverty, destitute, poor 乏しい とぼしい, ともしい meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor 欠乏 けつぼう want, shortage, famine 窮乏 きゅうぼう poverty 耐乏 たいぼう austerity, voluntary privation 乏しくなる とぼしくなる to get scarce, to run short 器用貧乏 きようびんぼう Jack of all trades and master of none 耐乏生活 たいぼうせいかつ hard life, life of austerity 貧乏所帯 びんぼうじょたい poor household 貧乏神 びんぼうがみ god of poverty