JLPT N3 · い-adjective

貧しい (mazushii)

貧しい (まずしい, mazushii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “poor; needy”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まずしい
Romaji: mazushii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

poor; needy · い-adjective
lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight · い-adjective

Example sentences

われわれは貧しい人あざ笑ってはいけない。

We must not laugh at the poor.

Tatoeba #191591

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 貧しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	貧しい	まずしい mazushii
Negative	貧しくない	まずしくない mazushikunai
Past	貧しかった	まずしかった mazushikatta
Negative past	貧しくなかった	まずしくなかった mazushikunakatta
Te-form	貧しくて	まずしくて mazushikute
Adverb (~ku)	貧しく	まずしく mazushiku
Conditional (~ba)	貧しければ	まずしければ mazushikereba

Kanji in 貧しい

貧

poverty, poorヒン・ビン・まず.しい · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 貧しい.

貧困ひんこんpoverty貧弱ひんじゃくpoor貧乏びんぼうpoverty-stricken

Source: JMdict entry 1490740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.