See also: 贫乏

Chinese edit

poor short of; tired
trad. (貧乏)
simp. (贫乏)

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Adjective edit

貧乏

  1. poor; destitute; indigent
  2. insufficient; inadequate; lacking

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  • (poor):

Noun edit

貧乏

  1. (literary) poor person; poor people; the poor

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Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (貧乏):
  • Japanese: 貧乏(びんぼう) (binbō)
  • Korean: 빈핍(貧乏) (binpip)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
びん
Grade: 5
ぼう
Grade: S
on’yomi

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Adjective edit

(びん)(ぼう) (binbō-na (adnominal (びん)(ぼう) (binbō na), adverbial (びん)(ぼう) (binbō ni))

  1. poor
    Synonyms: 貧しい, 貧苦, 貧寒, 貧窮
    貧乏(びんぼう)()らし
    binbō na kurashi
    poor life

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Noun edit

(びん)(ぼう) (binbō

  1. poverty

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN