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貧乏に生まれる (びんぼうにうまれる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

貧びん乏ぼうに生うまれる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

be born poor; be born into poverty

Fixed expression describing the circumstance of being born into a poor family or environment.

彼かれは貧びん乏ぼうに生うまれたが、努ど力りょくして成せい功こうした。
He was born poor, but worked hard and succeeded.
貧びん乏ぼうに生うまれても、幸しあわ

せ

に

暮く

らせる

。

Even if you are born into poverty, you can live happily.

Kanji

貧poverty, poor
乏destitution, scarce, limited
生life, genuine, birth

Similar words

貧びん乏ぼう
貧乏 is the noun meaning 'poverty'; 貧乏に生まれる is the verbal phrase 'to be born poor'.
生うまれる
生まれる alone means 'to be born'; the adverbial phrase 貧乏に specifies the condition of birth.

Etymology

Compound of 貧乏 (poverty) + に (adverbial particle) + 生まれる (to be born). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the expression is a literal description of being born into poverty.