乏: Destitution; Scarce; LimitedKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ボウ)

• 貧乏びんぼうpoverty-stricken; destitute
• 欠乏けつぼうwant; shortage
• 窮乏きゅうぼうpoverty; destitution
• 耐乏たいぼうausterity; voluntary privation
• 貧乏人びんぼうにんpoor person; pauper
• ビタミン欠乏症ビタミンけつぼうしょうvitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis
• 乏尿ぼうにょうoliguria
• 乏精子症ぼうせいししょうoligozoospermia; oligospermia
• 器用貧乏きようびんぼうjack of all trades, master of none
• 困苦欠乏こんくけつぼうhardships and privations
• 困苦窮乏こんくきゅうぼうhardships and privations
• 大漁貧乏たいりょうびんぼうimpoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch
• 学者貧乏がくしゃびんぼうgood scholars are seldom rich
• 引っ越し貧乏ひっこしびんぼうpoverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
• 欠乏症けつぼうしょうdeficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
• 稼ぐに追いつく貧乏なしかせぐにおいつくびんぼうなしpoverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
• 稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無しかせぐにおいつくびんぼうなしpoverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
• 空乏層くうぼうそうdepletion layer (of transistor)
• 耐乏予算たいぼうよさんausterity (belt-tightening) budget
• 耐乏生活たいぼうせいかつhard life; life of austerity
• 胃酸欠乏症いさんけつぼうしょうgastric achlorhydria
• 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
• 貧乏くじびんぼうくじshort end of the stick; short straw
• 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
• 貧乏に生まれるびんぼうにうまれるto be born poor; to be born into poverty
• 貧乏ひまなしびんぼうひまなしthere is no leisure for the poor
• 貧乏ゆすりびんぼうゆすりshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot
• 貧乏ゆるぎびんぼうゆるぎshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot
• 貧乏パーマびんぼうパーマcurly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)
• 貧乏人の子だくさんびんぼうにんのこだくさんchildren are a poor man's riches
• 貧乏人の子沢山びんぼうにんのこだくさんchildren are a poor man's riches
• 貧乏削りびんぼうけずりpencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
• 貧乏子だくさんびんぼうこだくさんchildren are a poor man's riches
• 貧乏子沢山びんぼうこだくさんchildren are a poor man's riches
• 貧乏性びんぼうしょうparsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal
• 貧乏所帯びんぼうじょたいpoor household
• 貧乏揺すりびんぼうゆすりshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot
• 貧乏揺るぎびんぼうゆるぎshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot
• 貧乏揺るぎもしないびんぼうゆるぎもしないcompletely motionless; totally still
• 貧乏旅行びんぼうりょこうbudget travel; penniless travel
• 貧乏暇なしびんぼうひまなしthere is no leisure for the poor
• 貧乏暇無しびんぼうひまなしthere is no leisure for the poor
• 貧乏暮らしびんぼうぐらしneedy circumstances; living in poverty
• 貧乏神びんぼうがみgod of poverty
• 貧乏籤びんぼうくじshort end of the stick; short straw
• 貧乏籤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
• 貧乏臭いびんぼうくさいshabby; mean
• 貧乏舌びんぼうじたbeing unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food)
• 貧乏鬮びんぼうくじshort end of the stick; short straw
• 酸素欠乏さんそけつぼうoxygen deficiency; anoxia
• 鉄欠乏性貧血てつけつぼうせいひんけつiron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 乏しいとぼしいmeagre; meager
• 乏しきとぼしきpoverty
• 乏しくなるとぼしくなるto get scarce; to run short

Other readings

• 引越し貧乏ひっこしびんぼうpoverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
• 貧乏暮しびんぼうぐらしneedy circumstances; living in poverty

Kanji that often appear with 乏

• 貧
• 欠
• 子
• 症
• 引
• 耐
• 人
• 揺
• 窮
• 困
• 苦
• 越