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noun
short end of the stick, short straw, unlucky number, blank, bad bargain
Other readings:
貧乏籤【びんぼうくじ】
貧乏鬮【びんぼうくじ】

びんぼう
binboukujiwohiku
expression, Godan-ku verb
to get the short end of the stick, to get the bad end of a bargain
Other readings:
貧乏籤を引く【びんぼうくじをひく】

びんぼう
binbougurashi
noun
needy circumstances, living in poverty
Other readings:
貧乏暮し【びんぼうぐらし】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun, auxillary suru verb
pencil sharpened at both ends, sharpening a pencil at both ends
Other readings:
びんぼう削り【びんぼうけずり】

びんぼう
binboukodakusan
expression
children are a poor man's riches(proverb)
Other readings:
貧乏子沢山【びんぼうこだくさん】

noun
being unable to discern good food from bad, poor person's taste (in food), unsophisticated palate(colloquialism)
Other readings:
貧乏舌【びんぼうした】

noun
1.
parsimonious spirit, tendency to be frugal, inclination to scrimp and save
2.
tendency to fuss over trivial things, worrier's disposition

びんぼう
binbouniumareru
expression, Ichidan verb
to be born poor, to be born into poverty

びんぼうにん
binbouninnokodakusan
expression
children are a poor man's riches(proverb)
Other readings:
貧乏人の子沢山【びんぼうにんのこだくさん】

びんぼう
binboupaama
noun
curly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)(colloquialism)

びんぼうひま
binbouhimanashi
expression
there is no leisure for the poor(proverb)
Other readings:
貧乏暇無し【びんぼうひまなし】
貧乏ひまなし【びんぼうひまなし】

びんぼう
binbouyusuri
noun, auxillary suru verb
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously), tapping one's foot, fidgeting (of the legs)
Other readings:
貧乏揺すり【びんぼうゆすり】

びんぼう
binbouyurugi
noun
1.
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously), tapping one's foot, fidgeting (of the legs)
2.
very slight movement(archaism)(as 貧乏揺るぎもしない)
Other readings:
貧乏ゆるぎ【びんぼうゆるぎ】

びんぼう
binbouyurugimoshinai
expression, adjective
completely motionless, totally still(archaism)

noun
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest, decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests(yojijukugo)