欠乏

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Chinese

deficient; owe; to lack
deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
 
 short of; tired
simp. and trad.
(欠乏) 		欠 乏

Pronunciation

Verb

欠乏

  1. to lack, to be deficient

Japanese

Kanji in this term
欠 乏
けつ
Grade: 4 		ぼう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
缺乏 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

欠(けつ)乏(ぼう) • (ketsubō) ←けつぼふ (ketubofu)?

  1. shortage, scarcity

Verb

欠(けつ)乏(ぼう)する • (ketsubō suru) intransitive suru (stem 欠(けつ)乏(ぼう)し (ketsubō shi), past 欠(けつ)乏(ぼう)した (ketsubō shita))

  1. run low, lack, run short
    ビタミンC(シー)が欠乏(けつぼう)する
    bitamin shī ga ketsubō suru
    need more vitamin C

Conjugation

Conjugation of "欠乏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 欠乏し けつぼうし ketsubō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 欠乏し けつぼうし ketsubō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 欠乏する けつぼうする ketsubō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 欠乏する けつぼうする ketsubō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 欠乏すれ けつぼうすれ ketsubō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 欠乏せよ¹
欠乏しろ² 		けつぼうせよ¹
けつぼうしろ² 		ketsubō seyo¹
ketsubō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 欠乏される けつぼうされる ketsubō sareru
Causative 欠乏させる
欠乏さす 		けつぼうさせる
けつぼうさす 		ketsubō saseru
ketsubō sasu
Potential 欠乏できる けつぼうできる ketsubō dekiru
Volitional 欠乏しよう けつぼうしよう ketsubō shiyō
Negative 欠乏しない けつぼうしない ketsubō shinai
Negative continuative 欠乏せず けつぼうせず ketsubō sezu
Formal 欠乏します けつぼうします ketsubō shimasu
Perfective 欠乏した けつぼうした ketsubō shita
Conjunctive 欠乏して けつぼうして ketsubō shite
Hypothetical conditional 欠乏すれば けつぼうすれば ketsubō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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