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Kanji Detail for 乏 - "scarce, poor, exhausted"
乏
- Meaning
乏 means "scarce, poor, exhausted."
Scarce - In short supply; lacking.
Poor - Having little; deficient.
Exhausted - Depleted of resources.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
destitution; scarce; limited
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
lack; poor
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
short of; tired
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
poor; short, lacking; tired
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To lack. Temporarily lacking is called 乏. Hence temporarily taking someone's position is called 承乏. The expression originates from (Zuo Zhuan). | Poor. Traveling without resources is called 乏. Such as 困乏 (exhausted and poor), 窮乏 (impoverished). | Fatigued is called 乏. Such as when a host thanks a guest, saying 道乏 (expressing fatigue from the journey).
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Sentences including 乏
He looks as poor as ever.
He didn't like being poor.
You don't have to beat your way.
He is as poor as can be.
He doesn't know what it is to be poor.
He doesn't know what it is to be poor.
He is said to be very poor.
Because all his friends were poor , too.
I'm poor.
They are as poor as can be.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
日本人、ことに日本の若い女は、そんな場合に、相手に気兼なく自分の思った通りを遠慮せずに口にするだけの勇気に乏しいものと私は見込んでいたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
教義上の区別をよく知らない私が、こんな事をいう資格に乏しいのは承知していますが、私はただ男女に関係した点についてのみ、そう認めていたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかしそれにしては彼の声がいかにも力に乏しいという事に気が付きました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
日本人、ことに日本の若い女は、そんな場合に、相手に気兼なく自分の思った通りを遠慮せずに口にするだけの勇気に乏しいものと私は見込んでいたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
教義上の区別をよく知らない私が、こんな事をいう資格に乏しいのは承知していますが、私はただ男女に関係した点についてのみ、そう認めていたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかしそれにしては彼の声がいかにも力に乏しいという事に気が付きました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha