貧しい
まずしい
i-adjective
poor, needy
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 貧しい | 貧しくない |
| Past | 貧しかった | 貧しくなかった |
| て form | 貧しくて | 貧しくなくて |
| Adverbial | 貧しく | — |
| Conditional ば | 貧しければ | 貧しくなければ |
| Conditional たら | 貧しかったら | 貧しくなかったら |
1.
poor, needy
Lacking money or material possessions.
貧しい is an i-adjective describing poverty or insufficiency.
FORMS:
- Adverbial: 貧しく
- Noun form: 貧しさ (poverty, poorness)
TWO MEANINGS:
1. Financially poor: 貧しい家庭 (poor family)
2. Lacking quality: 発想が貧しい (lacking imagination)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 貧しい生活: impoverished life
- 貧しい国: poor country
- 心が貧しい: spiritually poor/petty
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 貧乏: poor (noun/na-adjective, more colloquial)
- 貧困: poverty (formal noun)
OPPOSITE:
- 裕福: wealthy
- 金持ち: rich person