貧びん乏ぼう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
Kanji used
poor
scarcity
Pitch accent
び
んぼう
Top 6900
Used in vocabulary (33 in total)
poor person; the poor
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
Examples (40 in total)
Ajay is poor.
I was poor.
I'm poor.
Poverty is the root of all evil.
He remained a poor man.
She isn't poor.
I'm just a poor student.
Tom was poor his whole life.
He has been poor all his life.
Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
I'm not ashamed that I am poor.
He is poor, to be sure, but he is happy.
It is true that he is poor, but he is contented.
He is said to be very poor.
That is because all his friends were poor, too.
I was very poor in those days.
Don't despise others because they are poor.
George is poor, but he's always happy.
Even though she's rich, she says she's poor.
He was terribly poor when he was young.
He is poor, but he doesn't care about money.
I'm not as poor as you think.
If I weren't poor, I'd buy that car.
The war made the country poor.
Poverty prevented him from attending school.
He remained poor despite being a hard worker.
He is not ashamed of his father being poor.
Idleness often accounts for poverty.
He is poor, but he never complains.
If you see his house, you'll know that he is poor.
He works as hard as ever, but he remains poor.
He passed the test in the face of poverty.
When Mary was a child, her family was very poor.
We must provide food and clothes for the poor.
He is poor but is too proud to ask for help.
He was born poor, but died a millionaire.
They were so poor that they had little money to buy food with.
I gave the poor boy what little money I had with me.
People see things differently according as they are rich or poor.
I would rather be poor than make money by dishonest means.