窮乏 きゅうぼう poverty N1 #14,986 Meanings noun, takes する, intransitive poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury Its kanji 窮 キュウ、キョウ · きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み hard up, destitute, suffer, perplexed, cornered 乏 ボウ · とぼ.しい、とも.しい destitution, scarce, limited