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[まず()··]
mazushii
i adjective

English Meaning(s) for 貧しい

i adjective
  1. poor; needy
  2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

Definition and Synonyms for 貧しい

Wanting inadequate in amount or degree
Synonyms: 希薄, 貧しい, 足りる, 足りない
Meagerly deficient in amount or quality or extent
Synonyms: 乏しい, 貧しい, 貧小, 貧弱
Scanty lacking in amplitude or quantity
Synonyms: からっけつ, 不十分, 乏しい, お寒い, 寡少, 手薄, 薄い, 貧しい, 貧小, 貧弱, 鮮少
Poor unsatisfactory
Synonyms: 乏しい, お寒い, 貧しい
Poor having little money or few possessions
Synonyms: しがない, 貧しい, 貧乏, 貧困
Poor lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
Synonyms: 貧しい, 貧乏
Poor characterized by or indicating poverty
Synonyms: 乏しい, 貧しい, 貧乏, 貧困
Poor not sufficient to meet a need
Synonyms: 不十分, 不足, 低い, 貧しい
Unsatisfactoriness the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
Synonyms: 貧しい
Impoverishment the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Synonyms: 困窮, 窮乏, , 貧しい, 貧乏, 貧困, 貧寒, 貧窮, 貧窮化, 貧苦, 金欠, 金欠病
Neediness the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree
Synonyms: 貧しい

Meanings for each kanji in 貧しい

» poverty; poor

Categories 貧しい is a member of

Quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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Financial Condition the condition of (corporate or personal) finances
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 貧しい

Conjugations for 貧しい

Adjective stem
[まず()·]
mazushi
te-form
[まず()···]
mazushikute
Negative te-form
[まず()·····]
mazushikunakute
Adverbial Form
[まず()··]
mazushiku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[まず()··]
mazushii
Present Indicative Negative Form
[まず()····]
mazushikunai
Past Indicative Form
[まず()····]
mazushikatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[まず()······]
mazushikunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[まず()····]
mazushikereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[まず()······]
mazushikunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[まず()·····]
mazushikunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[まず()·····]
mazushikattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[まず()·······]
mazushikunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[まず()··]
mazushisa

Sample Sentences for 貧しい

I don't think being poor is anything to be ashamed of.
Naoki was poor and lived in a small cabin.
Even though they were poor, they were happy.
For one thing, I am poor; for another, I am busy.
I pointed out that we needed more money for the poor.

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