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乏しい

とぼしい

Readings

とぼしいともしい

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adj-imeagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

Kanji breakdown

N54 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

この国には石油が乏しい。

Oil is scarce in this country.

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乏しいとぼしい

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

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