adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
貧乏 びんぼう
貧之
貧之 びんぼう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

poverty, poor
ヒン まず.しい (5th, N3)
part, minute of time, segment
ブン わ.ける ブ (2nd)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
destitution, scarce, limited
ボウ とぼ.しい とも.しい (8th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
of, this
これ の ゆき (Kentei Pre-1, N1)