1.
poor, needy
Lacking money or material possessions.
貧しい国。
A poor country.
貧しい家庭に育った。
I grew up in a poor family.
貧しくても幸せな生活を送っていた。
Even though they were poor, they lived a happy life.
2.
meager, lacking
Insufficient in quality or amount.
発想が貧しい。
The thinking is limited.
心が貧しい人。
A spiritually poor person.
内容が貧しいレポートだ。
It's a report lacking in substance.
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