貧ひん土ど

noun

poor soil; poor country

Refers to infertile land or, by extension, a country with poor soil. The 'poor country' sense is less common and often understood from context.

• この地ち域いきは貧ひん土どで、作さく物もつが育そだちにくい。

  This area has poor soil, making it hard to grow crops.

• 貧ひん土どの国くにでは食しょく料りょう自じ給きゅうが難むずかしい。

  In a country with poor soil, food self-sufficiency is difficult.