Word Meaning 窮乏

きゅうぼう kyuubou

窮乏 is read as きゅうぼう (kyuubou) and means poverty.

Meaning

English

  1. poverty
  2. destitution
  3. privation
  4. indigence
  5. penury

Reading

Kana

きゅうぼう

Romaji

kyuubou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 11743 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

困苦窮乏

こんくきゅうぼう

hardships and privations

窮屈

きゅうくつ

tight (e.g. finances)

窮地

きゅうち

dilemma

窮状

きゅうじょう

distress

窮余

きゅうよ

extremity

貧乏

びんぼう

poverty-stricken

欠乏

けつぼう

deficiency

耐乏

たいぼう

austerity

乏しい

とぼしい

meagre

困窮

こんきゅう

having great difficulty with

貧乏人

びんぼうにん

poor person

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

Example Sentences

1

そのくにはけいざいてきなきゅうぼうにくるしんでいる。

That country is suffering from economic destitution.