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欠乏

deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
deficiencyinsufficiencyshortagelackwantdearthscarcity

Example Sentences

浪費は欠乏のもと。

Waste makes want.

浪費なければ欠乏なし。

Waste not, want not.

戦争は不足と欠乏の時代を招いた。

The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.

知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。

Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.