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ケツボウ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
Alt. forms
欠けつ乏ぼう
99%
缺けつ乏ぼう
闕けつ乏ぼう
ケツボウ
Pitch accent
ケ
ツボウ
Conjugations...
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
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Examples (2 in total)
There's a water shortage in this area.
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.