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貧乏 (びんぼう): poverty, destitute, poor — Japanese vocabulary

貧乏 is read びんぼう and means "poverty, destitute, poor". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

貧乏

Reading
びんぼう · bimbou
Translation
poverty, destitute, poor
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
びんぼうが

Example

彼は貧乏であることがいやだった。

かれはびんぼうであることがいやだった。

He didn't like being poor.

Kanji in this word

  • 貧 — poor, needy
  • 乏 — scarce, lacking

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