Word Meaning 欠乏

けつぼう ketsubou

欠乏 is read as けつぼう (ketsubou) and means deficiency.

Meaning

English

deficiency
insufficiency
shortage
lack
want
dearth
scarcity

Reading

Kana

けつぼう

Romaji

ketsubou

Writing Variants

缺乏けつぼう ketsubou
闕乏けつぼう ketsubou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Synonyms 事欠く,不足 Antonyms 豊富,充足 Rank 7708 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

欠乏症

けつぼうしょう

deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)

困苦欠乏

こんくけつぼう

hardships and privations

酸素欠乏

さんそけつぼう

oxygen deficiency

鉄欠乏性貧血

てつけつぼうせいひんけつ

iron-deficiency anemia

色素欠乏症

しきそけつぼうしょう

achromia

酸素欠乏症

さんそけつぼうしょう

hypoxemia

胃酸欠乏症

いさんけつぼうしょう

gastric achlorhydria

ビタミン欠乏症

びたみんけつぼうしょう

vitamin deficiency disease

欠陥

けっかん

defect

欠如

けつじょ

lack

欠落検査

けつらくけんさ

completeness check

欠席裁判

けっせきさいばん

trial in absentia

Example Sentences

浪費は欠乏のもと。

Waste makes want.

浪費なければ欠乏なし。

Waste not, want not.

この地域では水が欠乏している。

There's a water shortage in this area.

体温上昇、脈拍上昇・・・酸素欠乏状態です。

Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see character names and anime titles. 1 related entries

Real usage of this vocabulary in character names and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.

缺乏名字的場所 Quefa Mingzi de Changsuo