欠乏けつぼう

ketsubō

want; shortage; famine

Example sentences

  1. 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.

  2. 浪費なければ欠乏なし。

    Waste not, want not.

  3. 浪費は欠乏のもと。

    Waste makes want.

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