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    3. 貧乏

    貧乏

    貧びん乏ぼう

    poverty-stricken

    N1KMT8News #18+1CoreNoun, Adjective, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    貧之

    びんぼうビンボー

    Noun, Adjective, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious

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    彼かれは貧びん乏ぼうな生せい活かつを送おくっている。

    He lives a poor life.

    KMT6Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    貧びん乏ぼうでも心こころは豊ゆたかでありたい。

    Even if I'm poor, I want my heart to be rich.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    貧びん乏ぼうな暮くらしの中なかでも、家か族ぞくの笑え顔がおが彼かれの心こころの支ささえだった。

    Even in his poor life, his family's smiles were his emotional support.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    貧びん乏ぼうは人ひとを強つよくするが、同どう時じに多おおくの苦く難なんももたらす。

    Poverty can make people strong, but it also brings many hardships.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy
    貧びん乏ぼうを経けい験けんしたからこそ、お金かねの大たい切せつさを知しった。

    It was precisely because I experienced poverty that I learned the importance of money.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    貧
    まず.しい…(2)
    poverty・poor
    乏
    とぼ.しい・とも.しい…(1)
    destitution・scarce・limited
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