Illustration: In a small market garden during a dry spell, a grower tilts a rainwater tank as far as its stand allows, trying to coax the last drops into a watering can. The transparent level tube is empty, and only a few drops fall from the open tap. Rows of vegetable seedlings droop in cracked soil behind him.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

欠けつ乏ぼう

ketsubou

shortage, lack

Example sentences

  1. 知識ちしきは欠乏けつぼうしており、知恵ちえはさらに乏とぼしい。

    Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 浪費ろうひは欠乏けつぼうのもと。

    Waste makes want.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 戦争せんそうは不足ふそくと欠乏けつぼうの時代じだいを招まねいた。

    The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 欠乏

  • 欠lack; gapOnケツ・ケンKunかける・かく
  • 乏destitution; scarceOnボウKunとぼしい・ともしい

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