貧ひんひんFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounpoverty; want; needRefers to the state of being poor, lacking money or material resources. Often used in formal or written contexts.貧ひんにあえぐ人ひと々びとを支し援えんする。Break this sentence down in the analyzerWe support people suffering from poverty.彼かれは貧ひんの中なかで育そだった。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe grew up in poverty.2nouninsufficiency; shortage; deficiencyarchaicArchaic use for a general lack or shortage, not limited to money. Rare in modern Japanese outside of set phrases or classical texts.古こ典てんでは「貧ひん」が物ぶっ資しの不ふ足そくを指さすことがある。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn classical texts, 貧 can refer to a shortage of goods.See all 14 example sentences ›Expressions貧ひん者じゃの一いっ灯とうone's mite; widow's mite貧ひん僧そうの重かさね斎どきgood luck does not last貧ひんすれば鈍どんするpoverty dulls the wit赤せき貧ひん洗あらうが如ごとしextremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse貧ひんは世せ界かいの福ふくの神かみpoverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention
