窮乏 (きゅうぼう): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

窮乏 (きゅうぼう) means poverty / destitution.

See example sentences below.

窮乏 at a glance

窮乏

きゅうぼうkyuubou

N1noun

poverty / destitution

窮乏きゅうぼうkyuubouN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

poverty / destitution

Example 1

戦後、日本は深い窮乏にあった。

Translation

After the war, Japan was in deep poverty.

Example 2

窮乏から抜け出すために努力した。

Translation

I worked hard to escape destitution.