乏しい
N1とぼしい toboshii
- meagre
- scarce
- limited
- destitute
- hard up
- scanty
- poor
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
缺乏
Examples
- この国には石油が乏しい。Oil is scarce in this country.这个国家石油匮乏。
- 彼は生まれつき積極性に乏しかった。He was assertive by nature.他天生缺少积极性。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('60498e7544'); // 乏しい
{
"id": "60498e7544",
"word": "乏しい",
"reading": "とぼしい",
"romaji": "toboshii",
"meanings": [
"meagre",
"scarce",
"limited",
"destitute",
"hard up",
"scanty",
"poor"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1584130,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この国には石油が乏しい。",
"furigana": "この{国|くに}には{石油|せきゆ}が{乏|とぼ}しい。",
"en": "Oil is scarce in this country.",
"tatoeba_id": 221945
},
{
"ja": "彼は生まれつき積極性に乏しかった。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{生|う}まれつき{積極性|せっきょくせい}に{乏|とぼ}しかった。",
"en": "He was assertive by nature.",
"tatoeba_id": 103244
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "572d0eefb67414918d552749ce50fc33ffd265d356f0c1ba24d6908fe7a896e3",
"meanings": [
"缺乏"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この国には石油が乏しい。",
"zh": "这个国家石油匮乏。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は生まれつき積極性に乏しかった。",
"zh": "他天生缺少积极性。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/60498e7544",
"JMdict ent_seq 1584130; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "36e5e12081deb0dcbd7bdbd660167ce39efff6ab409e1a0c5294ed74ec2a2952"
}
}