Keyword
scarcity
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig1300
Readings
ぼう
(49%)
とぼ
(25%)
とも
(25%)
Composed of
slash left
archaic の (manly)
Used in kanji (3 in total)
degrade
to drift
stone probe
Used in vocabulary (62 in total)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
poor person; the poor
Examples (79 in total)
But I have always been lacking in emotion.
However, when it came to actually speaking, the content that came to mind was meager.
Their expression barely changes.