窮乏 (Kyuubou) is a Japanese noun meaning “poverty, destitution, privation, indigence”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpoverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
Examples
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
彼はそんな窮乏の中でどうやって暮らしていたのか。
How did he make his living in such poverty?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).