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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 乏しい - scarce - toboshii

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しい

    Reading

    とぼしい
    toboshii

    Meaning

    is scarce

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくない

    Reading

    とぼしくない
    toboshikunai

    Meaning

    is not scarce

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    乏しいです

    Reading

    とぼしいです
    toboshiidesu

    Meaning

    is scarce

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくありません

    Reading

    とぼしくありません
    toboshikuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not scarce

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しかった

    Reading

    とぼしかった
    toboshikatta

    Meaning

    was scarce

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくなかった

    Reading

    とぼしくなかった
    toboshikunakatta

    Meaning

    was not scarce

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    乏しかったです

    Reading

    とぼしかったです
    toboshikattadesu

    Meaning

    was scarce

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくありませんでした

    Reading

    とぼしくありませんでした
    toboshikuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not scarce

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しくて

    Reading

    とぼしくて
    toboshikute

    Meaning

    is scarce, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくなくて

    Reading

    とぼしくなくて
    toboshikunakute

    Meaning

    is not scarce, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しいだろう

    Reading

    とぼしいだろう
    toboshiidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be scarce

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくないだろう

    Reading

    とぼしくないだろう
    toboshikunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be scarce

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    乏しいでしょう

    Reading

    とぼしいでしょう
    toboshiideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be scarce

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくないでしょう

    Reading

    とぼしくないでしょう
    toboshikunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be scarce

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しく

    Reading

    とぼしく
    toboshiku

    Meaning

    in a scarce way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しければ

    Reading

    とぼしければ
    toboshikereba

    Meaning

    if it is scarce

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくなければ

    Reading

    とぼしくなければ
    toboshikunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not scarce

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しかったら

    Reading

    とぼしかったら
    toboshikattara

    Meaning

    if it was scarce

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    乏しくなかったら

    Reading

    とぼしくなかったら
    toboshikunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not scarce

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    乏しさ

    Reading

    とぼしさ
    toboshisa

    Meaning

    scarce-ness (or the quality of being scarce)

Word Detail

    word

    乏しい

    Meaning

    Scarce

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    乏

    Meaning

    Scanty, Scarce

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