欠乏
けつぼう
Also written 闕乏
Meanings
- Noun, する verb, Intransitive deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
Kanji
Example sentences
- 浪費なければ欠乏なし。
Waste not, want not. - 戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation. - 知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。
Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer. - 浪費は欠乏のもと。
Waste makes want.
Words containing 欠乏
- 欠乏症 (けつぼうしょう) deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
- 酸素欠乏 (さんそけつぼう) oxygen deficiency
- 鉄欠乏性貧血 (てつけつぼうせいひんけつ) iron-deficiency anemia
And 5 more.