金欠

きんけつ
running out of money

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きんけつ【金欠】

¶いつも～病だ

I'm always needing money.

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きんけつ【金欠】

lack of money.

●金欠で本も買えない I'm too hard up even to buy books.

金欠病 dire straits; poverty.

●金欠病にかかっている be hard up; be short of money; be out of funds [penniless, skint]; 《口》 be broke; be strapped for cash.