欠乏 (Ketsubou) is a Japanese noun meaning “deficiency, insufficiency, shortage, lack”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdeficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth
Examples
浪費は欠乏のもと。
Waste makes want.
浪費なければ欠乏なし。
Waste not, want not.
戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).