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窮きゅう乏ぼう

N1
きゅうぼう kyuubou
  1. poverty
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

贫困;困窘

Examples

  • 彼かれはそんな窮きゅう乏ぼうの中なかでどうやって暮くらしていたのか。
    How did he make his living in such poverty?
    他在那样的困境中是怎么生活的?
  • 飢饉ききんが人ひと々びとにひどい窮きゅう乏ぼうをもたらした。
    Famine caused great distress among the people.
    饥荒给人们带来了严重的贫困。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('24f332f9b9'); // 窮乏
{
  "id": "24f332f9b9",
  "word": "窮乏",
  "reading": "きゅうぼう",
  "romaji": "kyuubou",
  "meanings": [
    "poverty"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1230120,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼はそんな窮乏の中でどうやって暮らしていたのか。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はそんな{窮乏|きゅうぼう}の{中|なか}でどうやって{暮|く}らしていたのか。",
      "en": "How did he make his living in such poverty?",
      "tatoeba_id": 112121
    },
    {
      "ja": "飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。",
      "furigana": "{飢饉|ききん}が{人々|ひとびと}にひどい{窮乏|きゅうぼう}をもたらした。",
      "en": "Famine caused great distress among the people.",
      "tatoeba_id": 182955
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "a3ba7fe95cf59254bf792426e949c6d539319d2ce043f8fd729697f180e5f0a2",
    "meanings": [
      "贫困",
      "困窘"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼はそんな窮乏の中でどうやって暮らしていたのか。",
        "zh": "他在那样的困境中是怎么生活的?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。",
        "zh": "饥荒给人们带来了严重的贫困。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/24f332f9b9",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1230120; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "d27cba5cd45e1226cdd52044076afeb7eeac325bc4f3185d4e564f18034aedad",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}