I-adjective (keiyoushi)meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpoverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbdeficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

Nounpoor person; the poor

I-adjective (keiyoushi)shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)completely motionless; totally still

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbausterity; voluntary privation

Nounoliguria

Noungod of poverty

Nounparsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save · tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition

Nounpoverty

Noundeficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)

Noundepletion layer (of transistor)

Nounbeing unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate

Nounjack of all trades, master of none

Nounhard life; life of austerity

Nounpoor household

Nounshort end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

Nounhardships and privations

Nounhardships and privations

Nounausterity budget; belt-tightening budget

Nounimpoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch

Nounimpoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)good scholars are seldom rich

Nounoxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia

Nounbudget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap

Nounoligozoospermia; oligospermia

Noun, Suru verbpencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends

Noun, Suru verbshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)

Nounshaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs) · very slight movement

Nounneedy circumstances; living in poverty

Godan verb with 'ru' endingto get scarce; to run short

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)a poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor

Noungastric achlorhydria

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)poor households have many children

Nouncurly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)

Nounhypoxemia; hypoxia

Nounachromia; albinism

Nouniron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia

Nounpoverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto be born poor; to be born into poverty

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingto get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

Nounvitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)poor households have many children

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune