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He is always short of money.
彼はいつもお金が乏しい。
She's so cheap that she uses tea bags three times before she throws them away.
彼女はティーバッグを3回使ってから捨てるほど貧乏くさい。
I can't stop shaking my leg.
貧乏ゆすりが止まりません。
You say "poor", but there are many degrees of poverty.
貧乏にもピンからキリまである。
He always remained poor.
彼は相変わらず貧乏だった。
Just seeing his house lets you know that he is poor.
彼の家を見ると彼が貧乏であることがわかる。
The war made the country poor.
戦争はその国を貧乏にした。
The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.
お金持ちは貧乏人を見下しがちである。
Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
貧乏は、ある意味で、天の恵みだ。
The rich and the poor are afraid of death.
裕福な人も貧乏人も死を恐れる。
How did he make his living in such poverty?
彼はそんな窮乏の中でどうやって暮らしていたのか。
He is far from poor, in fact he has a lot of money.
彼は決して貧乏ではない、実はたくさんの金を持っているんだ。
When a man becomes poor, the beggar in him will come out.
貧乏するとこじき根性がでる。
He works as hard as ever, but he remains poor.
彼は相変わらずよく働いていますが、貧乏のままです。
He remained poor all his life.
彼は終生貧乏のままだった。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Poor as he is, he is happy.
貧乏だけれど彼は幸福だ。
He is poor, but he doesn't care about money.
彼は貧乏だが金には無頓着だ。
He remained poor all his life.
彼は一生涯貧乏だった。
There's a water shortage in this area.
この地域では水が欠乏している。
His parents were too poor to send their son to college.
彼の両親はたいへん貧乏だったので、むすこを大学にやれなかった。
He is poor, but honest.
彼は貧乏だが正直だ。
My wife gave birth to a child when we were very poor. While she was sleeping, I cooked rice and vegetables for several days and surprised her with the variety and taste of my cooking.