Definition of 貧乏 (びんぼう)

na-adjective, noun
poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
Other readings:
貧之【びんぼう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage
Related Kanji
poverty, poor
destitution, scarce, limited
of, this
Conjugations
na-adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
貧乏だ
びんぼうだ
binbouda
貧乏です
びんぼうです
binboudesu
貧乏ではない
びんぼうではない
binboudewanai

貧乏じゃない
びんぼうじゃない
binboujanai
貧乏ではありません
びんぼうではありません
binboudewaarimasen
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
貧乏だった
びんぼうだった
binboudatta
貧乏でした
びんぼうでした
binboudeshita
貧乏ではなかった
びんぼうではなかった
binboudewanakatta
貧乏ではありませんでした
びんぼうではありませんでした
binboudewaarimasendeshita
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
貧乏かろう
びんぼうかろう
binboukarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
貧乏だろう
びんぼうだろう
binboudarou
te-form
貧乏で
びんぼうで
binboude
Na adjective
貧乏な
びんぼうな
binbouna
Adverb
貧乏に
びんぼうに
binbouni
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
貧乏であれば
びんぼうであれば
binboudeareba

貧乏なら
びんぼうなら
binbounara
貧乏ではなければ
びんぼうではなければ
binboudewanakereba
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Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 89 results)

It was the poor who died youngest

かれ
びんぼう
貧乏
ごうかく
合格
He passed the test in the face of poverty

かせ
稼ぐ
びんぼう
貧乏
No poverty can catch up with industry

びんぼう
貧乏
りょこう
旅行
ひつよう
必要
You don't have to beat your way

とう
当時
びんぼう
貧乏
かれ
彼ら
えん
無縁な
Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days

His house argues him to be poor

かせ
稼ぎ
びんぼう
貧乏
Poverty is a stranger to industry

I'm not ashamed that I am poor

It makes no difference to me whether you are rich or poor

びんぼう
貧乏
かれ
こうふく
幸福
Poor as he is, he is happy

Don't look down on them just because they are poor

せんそう
戦争
くに
びんぼう
貧乏
The war made the country poor

かれ
びんぼう
貧乏
なん
何とも
He thinks nothing of poverty

You should not despise a man because he is poor

びんぼう
貧乏
かれ
がっこう
学校
Poverty prevented him from attending school

かれ
びんぼう
貧乏
まんぞく
満足
It is true that he is poor, but he is contented

かのじょ
彼女
びんぼう
貧乏な
ぞく
家族
もの
食べ物
あた
与えた
She gave some food to the poor family

いっしょうけんめ
一生懸命
はた
働いた
かれ
びんぼう
貧乏
He remained poor despite being a hard worker

びんぼう
貧乏な
ひとびと
人々
しょくりょう
食料
るい
衣類
きょうきゅう
供給
We must provide food and clothes for the poor

His parents were too poor to send their son to college
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