Ketsubou

JLPT N1

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欠乏 (Ketsubou) is a Japanese noun meaning “deficiency, insufficiency, shortage, lack”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdeficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth

Examples

  • Waste makes want.

  • Waste not, want not.

  • The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 欠乏

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