乏
ボウ
とぼ.しい • とも.しい
destitution; scarce; limited
Words
貧乏くじを引く
びんぼうくじをひく
- to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain exp v5k
貧乏暇なし
びんぼうひまなし
- there is no leisure for the poor exp proverb
学者貧乏
がくしゃびんぼう
- good scholars are seldom rich exp yoji
空乏層
くうぼうそう
- depletion layer (of transistor) n
豊作貧乏
ほうさくびんぼう
- impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests n yoji