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欠乏

Reading

Kana: けつぼう
Romaji: ketsubou
Kana
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Definition

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want; shortage; famine

Kanji

Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く
Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Readings: ボウ、 とぼ.しい、 とも.しい
Meanings: destitution, scarce, limited

Example Sentences

浪費(ろうひ)欠乏(けつぼう)のもと。
➥Waste makes want.
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戦争(せんそう)不足(ふそく)欠乏(けつぼう)時代(じだい)(まね)いた。
➥The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
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体温(たいおん)上昇(じょうしょう)脈拍(みゃくはく)上昇(じょうしょう)・・・酸素(さんそ)欠乏(けつぼう)状態(じょうたい)です。
➥Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.
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浪費(ろうひ)なければ欠乏(けつぼう)なし。
➥Waste not, want not.
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知識(ちしき)欠乏(けつぼう)しており、知恵(ちえ)はさらに(とぼ)しい。
➥Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.
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