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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

極貧

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gokuhin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Indigence/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒəns/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は長年極貧の生活を送っていた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A state of extreme poverty or destitution, where a person lacks the basic means for subsistence.

    "The economic downturn pushed many vulnerable families into deep indigence."
  2. 2

    The condition of lacking necessary qualities, resources, or attributes.

    "His indigence of spirit made him incapable of showing genuine empathy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'indigence', originating from Old French and ultimately from Latin 'indigentia', meaning need or want. It traces back to the Latin adjective 'indigens', present participle of 'indigere' (to need, stand in need of), composed from the prefix 'in-' (intensive) and 'egere' (to be in want).

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