Vocabulary

What does 窮乏 (きゅうぼう, kyuubou) mean?

窮乏 (きゅうぼう, kyuubou) means destitution, poverty.

Quick facts
Readingきゅうぼう
Romajikyuubou
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
きゅうぼう
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkyuubou

destitution, poverty

  1. 1noun · suru verb · intransitive poverty; destitution; privation

Example sentences

  • Debts piled up and the household finances became extremely destitute.

  • This is a generation that experienced the impoverished life of the postwar period.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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