窮きゅう乏ぼう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

poverty; destitution; privation

Refers to a severe lack of means or necessities, especially a state of being reduced to poverty. More formal and written than everyday 貧乏.

• 戦せん後ご、多おおくの家か庭ていが窮きゅう乏ぼうした。

  After the war, many families fell into poverty.