[とぼしい(P);ともしい, toboshii (P); tomoshii] (adj-i) meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor; (P) #9108
[びんぼう, binbou] (adj-na, n) poverty; destitute; poor; (P) #17675
[ビタミンけつぼうしょう, bitamin ketsuboushou] (n) vitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis
[いさんけつぼうしょう, isanketsuboushou] (n) gastric achlorhydria
[かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなし, kasegunioitsukubinbounashi] (exp) (id) Poverty is a stranger to industry
[がくしゃびんぼう, gakushabinbou] (exp) good scholars are seldom rich
[きようびんぼう, kiyoubinbou] (adj-na, n) Jack of all trades and master of none
[きゅうぼう, kyuubou] (n, vs) poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury; (P)
[くうぼうそう, kuubousou] (n) depletion layer (of transistor)
[けつぼう, ketsubou] (n, vs) want; shortage; famine; (P)
[けつぼうしょう, ketsuboushou] (n) deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
[こんくきゅうぼう, konkukyuubou] (n) hardships and privations
[こんくけつぼう, konkuketsubou] (n) hardships and privations
[さんそけつぼう, sansoketsubou] (n) oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia
[たいぼう, taibou] (n) austerity; voluntary privation
[たいぼうせいかつ, taibouseikatsu] (n) hard life; life of austerity
[たいぼうよさん, taibouyosan] (n) austerity (belt-tightening) budget
[たいりょうびんぼう, tairyoubinbou] (n) impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen' s income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch
[てつけつぼうせいひんけつ, tetsuketsubouseihinketsu] (n) iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
[びんぼうくじ, binboukuji] (n) unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
[びんぼうくじをひく, binboukujiwohiku] (exp, v5k) to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
[びんぼうにうまれる, binbouniumareru] (exp, v1) to be born poor; to be born into poverty
[びんぼうひまなし, binbouhimanashi] (exp) there is no leisure for the poor
[びんぼうじょたい, binboujotai] (n) poor household
[びんぼうがみ, binbougami] (n) god of poverty
[びんぼうにん, binbounin] (n) poor man; pauper; the poor; the indigent; (P)
[びんぼうしょう, binboushou] (n) destined to poverty; parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax)
[びんぼうぐらし, binbougurashi] (n) needy circumstances; living in poverty
[びんぼうゆすり, binbouyusuri] (n, vs) shaking or tapping (usu. one's foot) unconsciously; fidgeting (esp. of the legs)
[びんぼうゆるぎ, binbouyurugi] (n) nervous mannerism
[びんぼうりょこう, binbouryokou] (n) budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap
[ほうさくびんぼう, housakubinbou] (n) 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
[とぼしき, toboshiki] (n) poverty
[とぼしくなる, toboshikunaru] (v5r) to get scarce; to run short
[ぼうにょう, bounyou] (n) oliguria