欠乏
N1けつぼう ketsubou
- want
- shortage
- famine
nounする verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
缺乏;不足
Examples
- 知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.知识不足,智慧更少。
- 戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.战争带来了物资短缺和匮乏的时代。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0bdbaf26a4'); // 欠乏
{
"id": "0bdbaf26a4",
"word": "欠乏",
"reading": "けつぼう",
"romaji": "ketsubou",
"meanings": [
"want",
"shortage",
"famine"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1254100,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。",
"furigana": "{知識|ちしき}は{欠乏|けつぼう}しており、{知恵|ちえ}はさらに{乏|とぼ}しい。",
"en": "Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.",
"tatoeba_id": 127046
},
{
"ja": "戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。",
"furigana": "{戦争|せんそう}は{不足|ふそく}と{欠乏|けつぼう}の{時代|じだい}を{招|まね}いた。",
"en": "The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.",
"tatoeba_id": 141254
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "a31e57ca4e4372cca550debae217273f8169424850da5c3b5d33bf3d05754438",
"meanings": [
"缺乏",
"不足"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。",
"zh": "知识不足,智慧更少。"
},
{
"ja": "戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。",
"zh": "战争带来了物资短缺和匮乏的时代。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/0bdbaf26a4",
"JMdict ent_seq 1254100; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "4ecd88d96c6a5c6033de2a944e0e4f0b779cb4e6a9954f01a65a681be2f8857e",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}