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expression, noun
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one's mite, widow's mite, one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)
Other readings:
貧者一灯【ひんじゃのいっとう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
expression
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good luck does not last, a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)(proverb)
noun
1.
imperfect (Buddhist) training, imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training, incomplete training, poor training(Buddhist term)
pronoun
2.
I, me(humble language)(used by Buddhist monks)
expression
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poverty is the greatest motivator, poverty is the mother of invention(proverb)
expression, noun
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disparity of wealth, wealth inequality, social inequality
noun
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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】
expression, Godan-ku verb
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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】
noun
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needy circumstances, living in poverty
Other readings:
貧乏暮し【びんぼうぐらし】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
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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】
expression
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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
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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
expression, Ichidan verb
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to be born poor, to be born into poverty
expression
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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】
noun
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curly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)(colloquialism)
expression
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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】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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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】
expression, adjective
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completely motionless, totally still(archaism)