表層形
乏きゃ
トボシキャ
形容詞
乏きゃ (トボシキャ)
Toboshikya · とぼしきゃ — meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
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乏きゃ in rōmaji: toboshikya.
形容詞
一般
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📝 乏しい 🔤 形容詞 📐 仮定形-融合
Updated: 2026年8月15日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
乏きゃ
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
乏しい
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| 読み (Reading) |
トボシキャ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
仮定形-融合
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
乏きゃ
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| 読み・基本形 |
トボシー
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| 表記・基本形 |
乏い
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| 見出し語の読み |
トボシイ
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💡 English Meaning
乏きゃ means “meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor” — full definition & examples →
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トボシキャ
Lemma: 乏しい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
乏しいです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
乏しくない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
乏しかった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
乏しくて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
乏しく
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
乏しければ
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Did you know · 形容詞
形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (乏きゃ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (乏しい) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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