貧びん乏ぼう

びんぼう binbou

poverty
destitute
poor

な-adjectivenounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

贫穷

Examples

Furigana

その頃ころ、私わたしは非ひ常じょうに貧びん乏ぼうだった。
I was very poor in those days.
那时我非常穷。
Tatoeba #210559
貧びん乏ぼうは、ある意い味みで、天てんの恵めぐみだ。
Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
从某种意义上说，贫穷是上天的恩赐。
Tatoeba #85148

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4860a4efe0'); // 貧乏

{
  "id": "4860a4efe0",
  "word": "貧乏",
  "reading": "びんぼう",
  "romaji": "binbou",
  "meanings": [
    "poverty",
    "destitute",
    "poor"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1490900,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その頃、私は非常に貧乏だった。",
      "furigana": "その{頃|ころ}、{私|わたし}は{非常|ひじょう}に{貧乏|びんぼう}だった。",
      "en": "I was very poor in those days.",
      "tatoeba_id": 210559
    },
    {
      "ja": "貧乏は、ある意味で、天の恵みだ。",
      "furigana": "{貧乏|びんぼう}は、ある{意味|いみ}で、{天|てん}の{恵|めぐ}みだ。",
      "en": "Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.",
      "tatoeba_id": 85148
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "71e282414673859b29191ad84be11261dc36c5f6ffec88c30622eac2a9d7fd66",
    "meanings": [
      "贫穷"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その頃、私は非常に貧乏だった。",
        "zh": "那时我非常穷。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "貧乏は、ある意味で、天の恵みだ。",
        "zh": "从某种意义上说，贫穷是上天的恩赐。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/4860a4efe0",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1490900; 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": "291eb1cd4c7e0c1ee3fa572fc7e99b339e50945f45a613ef214c7fec0c94abe3"
  }
}