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JLPT N3 · Describing things

乏しい

とぼしい

scarce; poor

Stroke order of 乏しい

3 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

乏 · 4 strokesし · 1 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

A slash ノ leaning on a tiny dropped roof shape shows resources running thin and scarce.

Parts: 乏 scarce (single character, ノ stroke + 之) + しい kana

The characters in 乏しい

  • し し — shi (1 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

この町は水が乏しいです。

このまちはみずがとぼしいです。

Water is scarce in this town.

More words: Describing things

鋭いsharp鈍いdull; slow粗いcoarse; rough緩いloose; gentle険しいsteep激しいintense; violent等しいequal詳しいdetailed眩しいdazzling

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