Lingaku乏しい【とぼしい】
Frequency rank: 7,457. – 7,467.
- meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
adjective (keiyoushi)
Forms
- 乏しい【とぼしい】【ともしい】Frequency rank: 7,457. – 7,467.
- とぼしい
- ともしい
Generated definitions (experimental)
- meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
This term is used to describe something that is insufficient or lacking in quantity, quality, or extent. It often conveys a sense of inadequacy or deficiency.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
19 results
Though it is poor in natural resources, Japan has become an economic superpower thanks to international trade.
The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import.
11. みなさん皆さんは、ひふがん皮膚がんになるきけんせい危険性がおおいに大いにあり、からだ体をよわり弱りきらせ、しょくりょう食料のとぼしい乏しい、どうしょくぶつ動植物のげんしょう減少したみらい未来のせかい世界をわたしたち私たちにつくるつもりですか。
Are you creating for us a future world where there is a greater danger of skin cancer, weakened bodies, less food and fewer plants and animals?
The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.