貧まずしい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. poor; needy
I think it was probably the poorest in town.
2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
I suppose that sort of thing really impoverishes lessons.
Kanji used
poor
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
ungenerous; poor in spirit; with no great feelings
Examples (67 in total)
Tom is poor.
They didn't yield to the poverty.
He's poor, but he's honest.
I am a poor man.
Your imagination is surprisingly poor, huh?
Singapore was a poor country.
Naoki was poor and lived in a hut.
They live in poverty.
Though she is poor, she is happy.
Even though he was poor, he was happy.
She lives in poor circumstances.
I am nothing but a poor peasant.
My dad was once a poor laborer.
He was a poor musician.
You should not look down upon the poor.
The meals had visibly become meager.
We know the time when we were poor.
I have no family, and I am poor.
He was born to poor parents.
The poor are not always unhappy.
He lives in a poor district of London.
He held out a helping hand to the poor.
He concealed his poverty from my eyes.
The affluence of the United States is often contrasted with the poverty of undeveloped countries.
I'm not ashamed of my father being poor.
They say that he was very poor when he was young.
I think it was probably the poorest in town.
I suppose that sort of thing really impoverishes lessons.
Poor as he was, he did not borrow money from others.
Money and I are strangers; in other words, I am poor.
He was so poor that he could not buy the bread.
I'm not so poor that I can't send my son to college.
Despite being poor, they raised seven children.
Nature is also abundant, and people can go on living despite being poor.
He is not too poor to buy a bicycle.
In the old days, rich people gave rice to the poor.
This law will benefit the poor.
Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich.
But poor people did not go to concerts.
Illness often results from poverty.
He has helped the poor throughout his life.
Once there was a poor farmer in the village.
The gap between rich and poor is getting wider.
Though he was poor, he was nonetheless happy.
Once upon a time, there lived a poor man and a rich woman.
The poor girl made a living by selling flowers.
From year to year they were growing poorer.
Don't look down on him just because he's poor.
You don't know what it is to be poor.
The man was ashamed of being born poor.
Just because he is poor, it does not follow that he is unhappy.
You should never look down on a man merely because he is poor.
The doctor wouldn't accept any gifts from the poor.
You should never look down on a person merely because he is poor.
The poor man finally became a great artist.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
He gave away about one-tenth of his income to the poor.
The millionaire began life as a poor boy.
Political reforms may ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
He has done many things for poor people.
She devoted her life to working among the poor.
I am poor, whereas my brothers are very rich.
She spent most of her life taking care of poor people.
The prince made it known all over the land that he would marry the poor girl.
I pointed out that we needed more money for the poor.
The young doctor devoted himself to helping the poor and sick.
Poor as she was, she gave him what little money she had.