Keyword
poor
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig845
Readings
ひん
(50%)
びん
(30%)
まず
(18%)
Composed of
part
shellfish
Used in vocabulary (125 in total)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
anemia; anaemia
seedy-looking; thin
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
poor people; the poor
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
to become poor; to be poor
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
great poverty
jack of all trades, master of none
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
destitution
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
poor person
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
needy circumstances; living in poverty
tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic
daihinmin; daifugō; Japanese card game similar to President
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
poorhouse; almshouse; workhouse
cerebral anemia; cerebral anaemia
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
penniless; extremely poor; destitute
poor farmer; needy peasant
extreme poverty
ungenerous; poor in spirit; with no great feelings
there is no leisure for the poor
budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap
poor home
pauper; the needy; the poor
being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
destitution
poverty problem; poverty issue
poverty dulls the wit
poor region; deprived area
poor village
lacking the words to say what one means
poor and lowly
impoverished student; poor student
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
least developed country; poorest country
pernicious anemia; pernicious anaemia
poor country; third world country; impoverished nation
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
women with low disposable incomes; (lit.) poverty girls
imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; I; me
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs); (arch.) very slight movement
there is no leisure for the poor
children are a poor man's riches
children are a poor man's riches
poor and lowly
poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
high and low, and rich and poor
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
to be born poor; to be born into poverty
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
poor soil; poor country
rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
curly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)
autoimmune hemolytic anemia; autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
there is no leisure for the poor
poor hitting
period poverty; menstrual poverty
petty; trivial; trifling; paltry; meager; meagre
edentates (i.e. anteaters, sloths, armadillos)
poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
children are a poor man's riches
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
needy circumstances; living in poverty
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs); (arch.) very slight movement
poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
low-grade ore
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
impoverishment 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
lake with low nutrient level; oligotrophic lake; unproductive lake
good scholars are seldom rich
sideroblastic anemia; sideroblastic anaemia
autoimmune hemolytic anemia; autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
lacking substance; poor in content
pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention
poverty in spite of having a high income
completely motionless; totally still
one's mite; widow's mite; (lit.) one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)
one's mite; widow's mite; (lit.) one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)
impoverished student; poor student; poor person
good luck does not last; (lit.) a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)
destitute poor class; the extremely poor; people below the poverty line
tiny buttocks
tiny buttocks
Examples (185 in total)
I'm not as poor as you think.
I was very poor in those days.
I'm just a poor student.