Vocab Info
N4 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
貧乏poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
Dictionary Definition
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1.
poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
All Forms
貧乏 【びんぼう】、貧之 【びんぼう】、ビンボー
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び
ん
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どうやったら貧乏から金持ちになれるのだろうか…。
How can one go from poor to rich...
貧乏でも家族が元気に暮らせているので十分に幸せです。
I am happy enough to live in poverty because my family is doing well.
子供の頃のような貧乏で惨めな暮らしは二度と経験したくありません。
I never want to experience again the poor and miserable life I had as a child.
貧乏な暮らしをしているところでスカウトされ、彼はスーパーモデルとなった。
Scouted while living in poverty, he became a supermodel.
彼をただの貧乏な人だと侮っていたが、実際にはとんでもなく偉い立場の人だった。
I had underestimated him as just another poor man, but he was in fact a man of tremendous stature.
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