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N4 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

貧乏(びんぼう)poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious

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    1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious

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    貧乏 【びんぼう】貧之 【びんぼう】ビンボー

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    Examples

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      どうやったら貧乏(びんぼう)から金持(かねも)ちになれるのだろうか…。

      How can one go from poor to rich...

      • N4

      貧乏(びんぼう)でも家族(かぞく)元気(げんき)()らせているので十分(じゅうぶん)(しあわ)せです。

      I am happy enough to live in poverty because my family is doing well.

      • N4

      子供(こども)(ころ)のような貧乏(びんぼう)(みじ)めな()らしは二度(にど)経験(けいけん)したくありません。

      I never want to experience again the poor and miserable life I had as a child.

      • N4

      貧乏(びんぼう)()らしをしているところでスカウトされ、(かれ)はスーパーモデルとなった。

      Scouted while living in poverty, he became a supermodel.

      • N3

      (かれ)をただの貧乏(びんぼう)(ひと)だと(あなど)っていたが、実際(じっさい)にはとんでもなく(えら)立場(たちば)(ひと)だった。

      I had underestimated him as just another poor man, but he was in fact a man of tremendous stature.

      • N3
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