乏しい (Toboshii) is a Japanese i-adjective meaning “meagre, meager, scarce, limited”.
Meanings
- i-adjectivemeagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
Examples
この国は雨がとぼしい。
Rain is scarce in this country.
彼はいつもお金が乏しい。
He's always short of money.
日本は天然資源に乏しい。
Japan is poor in natural resources.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).