- 貧乏【びんぼう】 - poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious 
- 欠乏【けつぼう】 - deficiency, insufficiency, shortage, lack, want, dearth, scarcity 
- 乏しい【とぼしい】 - meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor 
- 窮乏【きゅうぼう】 - poverty, destitution, privation, indigence, penury 
- 耐乏【たいぼう】 - austerity, voluntary privation