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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

欠けつ乏ぼう

N1
けつぼう ketsubou
  1. want
  2. shortage
  3. famine
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

缺乏;不足

Examples

  • 知ち識しきは欠けつ乏ぼうしており、知ち恵えはさらに乏とぼしい。
    Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.
    知识不足,智慧更少。
  • 戦せん争そうは不ふ足そくと欠けつ乏ぼうの時じ代だいを招まねいた。
    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"
  }
}