noun

  1. short end of the stick, short straw, unlucky number, blank, bad bargain.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
貧乏くじ びんぼうくじ
貧乏籤 びんぼうくじ
貧乏鬮 びんぼうくじ

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)