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Search Terms: 貧乏*
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na-adjective, noun
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poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
Other readings:
貧之【びんぼう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
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)