びんぼう

[貧乏] 〔貧困， 窮乏， 生活苦〕

*poverty

【U】貧乏， 貧困∥ poverty people 貧乏人《◆ poor people を強めた言い方》 / Poverty is alien to her nature. 貧乏は彼女の性に合わない / Poverty obliged him to this crime ［to commit this crime］. 貧乏のあまり彼はこの罪を犯した / the lowest pitch of poverty 貧乏のどん底 / sink into poverty 貧乏になる.

▲He was impoverished by his betting habits. 彼は賭博(^と/ばく)癖があって貧乏になった.

◇→貧乏な

¶→貧乏な人

¶→貧乏くじを引く

貧乏
poverty
destitute
poor
貧棒
(oK?) poverty

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びんぼう【貧乏】

〔貧困， 窮乏， 生活苦〕

*poverty

〖U〗貧乏， 貧困

poverty people 貧乏人《◆ poor people を強めた言い方》

Poverty is alien to her nature. 貧乏は彼女の性に合わない

Poverty obliged him to this crime ［to commit this crime］. 貧乏のあまり彼はこの罪を犯した

the lowest pitch of poverty 貧乏のどん底

sink into poverty 貧乏になる.

▲He was impoverished by his betting habits. 彼は賭博(^と/ばく)癖があって貧乏になった.

◇ → 貧乏な

¶ → 貧乏な人

¶ → 貧乏くじを引く

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びんぼう【貧乏】

poverty; want; destitution; indigence; penury.

～な poor; hard-up; indigent; destitute; penurious; impecunious; poverty-stricken.

～する become poor; be reduced to poverty [want]; fall in one's circumstances; sink in one's fortune.

●貧乏している be [live] in poverty [need, want]; be in needy [straitened] circumstances; be badly off.

●貧乏臭い[たらしい] shabby; mean; sorry; dingy.

●貧乏から抜け出す escape from poverty.

●貧乏には慣れている. I'm used to being poor.

・貧乏になる become poor; come [be reduced] to poverty

・あいつが貧乏になったのは自業自得だ. He has brought himself to poverty.

●貧乏の味を知っている. I know what it is to be poor. | I am no stranger to poverty.

・貧乏のどん底にあった. We were in the depths of poverty.

●あの男の貧乏はいつものことだ. His poverty is chronic.

・貧乏はしていても心は豊かです. Though materially poor they are rich in spirit.

・貧乏暇なし. Poor men have no leisure.

器用貧乏 ⇒きよう³.

大漁貧乏 loss of profit due to prices squeezed by an overabundant catch.

豊作貧乏 ⇒ほうさく².

貧乏徳利 a long-necked sake flask.