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けつぼう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. want; shortage; famine
Alt. forms
欠けつ乏ぼう
99%
けつぼう
Pitch accent
け
つぼう
Conjugations...Used in: 3
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
hardships and privations
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
Examples (2 in total)
There's a water shortage in this area.
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.