Words — 46 found
びんぼう
貧乏
1. poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
貧之 【びんぼう】、ビンボー
貧之: Irregular kanji usage.
とぼ
乏しい
1. meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
乏しい 【ともしい】
けつぼう
欠乏
1. deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
闕乏 【けつぼう】
闕乏: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. austerity; voluntary privation
びんぼうひ
貧乏くじを引く
1. to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
貧乏籤を引く 【びんぼうくじをひく】
びんぼうひま
貧乏暇なし
1. a poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poorProverb
貧乏暇無し 【びんぼうひまなし】、貧乏ひまなし 【びんぼうひまなし】
たいりょうびんぼう
大漁貧乏
1. impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch
1. poverty
ひこびんぼう
引っ越し貧乏
1. poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
引越し貧乏 【ひっこしびんぼう】
引越し貧乏: Irregular okurigana usage.
びんぼう
貧乏ゆすり
1. shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
貧乏揺すり 【びんぼうゆすり】