Illustration: In a sparsely furnished rented room during winter, a parent tips a nearly empty rice container over a cooking pot, releasing only a few grains. A child sits nearby with feet tucked beneath a repeatedly patched quilt; worn shoes have soles repaired with cord.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

窮きゅう乏ぼう

kyuubou

poverty, destitution

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはそんな窮乏きゅうぼうの中なかでどうやって暮くらしていたのか。

    How did he make his living in such poverty?

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  2. しかし家計かけいは引ひき続つづき窮乏きゅうぼうし、品位保持ひんいほじも困難こんなんを極きわめた。

    However, the financial state of the family continued to be strained, and even holding on to the family status became extremely difficult.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 勧学寮かんがくりょうではまた、経済的けいざいてきに窮乏きゅうぼうしている者ものに対たいしては授業料じゅぎょうりょうが免除めんじょされた。

    At the dormitories, there was the tuition fee exemption for students facing financial hardship.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 窮乏

  • 窮hard up; destituteOnキュウ・キョウKunきわめる・きわまる・きわまり
  • 乏destitution; scarceOnボウKunとぼしい・ともしい

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