窮乏

きゅうぼう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

Kanji

• 窮 cornered. Read as キュウ.
• 乏 scarce. Read as ボウ.

Example sentences

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

Words containing 窮乏

• 困苦窮乏 (こんくきゅうぼう) hardships and privations

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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