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The Japanese word

貧乏

is pronounced
binbou | びんぼう
means
poverty, destitute, poor
Examples:
貧乏暇なしですよ。
binbō hima nashi desu yo.
Poor men have no leisure.
貧乏だけれど彼は幸福だ。
binbō da keredo kare wa kōfuku da.
Poor as he is, he is happy.
貧乏は彼女の性に合わない。
binbō wa kanojo no sei ni awa nai.
Poverty is alien to her nature.
貧乏であることを恥じるな。
binbō de aru koto o hajiru na.
Don't be ashamed of being poor.
裕福な人も貧乏人も死を恐れる。
yūfuku na hito mo binbōnin mo shi o osoreru.
The rich and the poor are afraid of death.
貧乏にもピンからキリまである。
binbō ni mo pin kara kiri made aru.
You say "poor", but there are many degrees of poverty.
貧乏は、ある意味で、天の恵みだ。
binbō wa, aru imi de, ten no megumi da.
Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
貧乏な人こそもっとも若く死んだ。
binbō na hito koso mottomo wakaku shin da.
It was the poor who died youngest.
貧乏のため彼は学校に通えなかった。
binbō no tame kare wa gakkō ni kayoe nakatta.
Poverty prevented him from attending school.
貧乏な人たちを見下してはいけない。
binbō na hito tachi o mikudashi te wa ike nai.
Don't look down on the poor.
貧乏でなければその車を買うのだが。
binbō de nakere ba sono kuruma o kau no da ga.
I would buy the car, but I am poor. | If I weren't poor, I'd buy that car.
貧乏だからといって他人を軽蔑するな。
binbō da kara to itte tanin o keibetsu suru na.
Don't despise others because they are poor.
貧乏であることを恥ずかしいと思わない。
binbō de aru koto o hazukashī to omowa nai.
I'm not ashamed that I am poor. | I think being poor is nothing to be ashamed of.
貧乏は苦痛であるが、不名誉なことはない。
binbō wa kutsū de aru ga, fumeiyo na koto wa nai.
Poverty is a pain, but no disgrace.
貧乏のせいで彼は盗みを働くようになった。
binbō no sei de kare wa nusumi o hataraku yō ni natta.
Poverty drove him to steal.
僕はその貧乏な少年になけなしの金を与えた。
boku wa sono binbō na shōnen ni nakenashi no kin o atae ta.
I gave the poor boy what little money I had with me.
貧乏な人々に食料と衣類を供給しなければならない。
binbō na hitobito ni shokuryō to irui o kyōkyū shi nakere ba nara nai.
We must provide food and clothes for the poor.
貧乏だけれども、彼は嘘をつくようなことはしない。
binbō da keredomo, kare wa uso o tsuku yō na koto wa shi nai.
Though he is very poor, he is above telling a lie.
貧乏だからというだけで彼らを軽蔑してはいけない。
binbō da kara to iu dake de karera o keibetsu shi te wa ike nai.
Don't look down on them just because they are poor.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org