Word · 単語
乏しい
Reading とぼしい
meagre
meagre · meager · scarce · limited · destitute · hard up · lacking · scanty · poor
N1
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
日本は天然資源に乏しい。
Japan is poor in natural resources.
日本は天然資源が乏しい。
Japan is poor in natural resources.
この国は天然資源が乏しい。
This country is poor in natural resources.
この国は雨がとぼしい。
Rain is scarce in this country.
遠近感がとぼしいのです。
I'm afraid my depth perception is very poor.