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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

乏とぼしい

N1
とぼしい toboshii
  1. meagre
  2. scarce
  3. limited
  4. destitute
  5. hard up
  6. scanty
  7. poor
い-adjective

Chinese meanings

缺乏

Examples

  • この国くにには石せき油ゆが乏とぼしい。
    Oil is scarce in this country.
    这个国家石油匮乏。
  • 彼かれは生うまれつき積せっ極きょく性せいに乏とぼしかった。
    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"
  }
}