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I prefer being poor to being rich.
金持ちになるよりむしろ貧乏でいる方がいい。
He was happy, poor as he was.
彼は貧乏だったが幸せでした。
I was very poor in those days.
その頃、私は非常に貧乏だった。
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。
We see things differently according to whether we are rich or poor.
金持ちか貧乏かによって、ものの見方が違うものだ。
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。
Poverty prevented him from attending school.
貧乏のため彼は学校に通えなかった。
The villagers, however poor, were kind to others.
その村人たちはどんなに貧乏していても他人には親切だった。
She gave some food to the poor family.
彼女は貧乏な家族に食べ物を与えた。
He is rich and I am poor.
彼は金持ちで、私は貧乏だ。
I don't want to be left holding the bag.
貧乏くじを引きたくない。
People know how handy you are to have around. You're a real jack-of-all-trades but make sure you don't turn out to be master of none.
いろいろできるし、みんなから重宝されるのはいいけれど、気がついたら器用貧乏といわれないようにな。
He didn't like being poor.
彼は貧乏であることがいやだった。
Famine caused great distress among the people.
飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。
Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.
体温上昇、脈拍上昇・・・酸素欠乏状態です。
Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.
知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。
Japan is poor in natural resources.
日本は天然資源に乏しい。
People look at things differently depending on whether they are rich or poor.
人は金持ちか貧乏人かによって物の見方が違う。
Don't look down on the poor.
貧乏な人たちを見下してはいけない。
You say "poor", but there are many degrees of poverty.
貧乏にもピンからキリまである。
Don't be ashamed of being poor.
貧乏であることを恥じるな。
She is rich but he is poor.
彼女は金持ちだが彼は貧乏だ。
He is said to be very poor.
彼は非常に貧乏だと言われている。
I'm poor.
私は貧乏です。
Japan is lacking in raw materials.
日本はいろんな原料に乏しい。
He doesn't know what it is to be poor.
彼は貧乏がどういうものかを知らない。
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。
He is as poor as can be.
彼は貧乏極まりない。
It is true that he is poor, but he is contented.
なるほど彼は貧乏だが、満足している。
I would buy the car, but I am poor.
貧乏でなければその車を買うのだが。
I would rather be poor than make money by dishonest means.
私は不正な手段で金を儲けるよりも貧乏している方がよい。
We must provide food and clothes for the poor.
貧乏な人々に食料と衣類を供給しなければならない。
Poor men have no leisure.
貧乏暇なしですよ。
While she is rich, she says she is poor.
彼女はお金持ちであるのに、貧乏だと言う。
Waste makes want.
浪費は欠乏のもと。
He is poor, but he doesn't care about money.
彼は貧乏だが金には無頓着だ。
Don't despise others because they are poor.
貧乏だからといって他人を軽蔑するな。
He is rich while his elder brother is poor.
彼は、金持ちだが兄は貧乏だ。
This country is poor in natural resources.
この国は天然資源が乏しい。
He is always short of money.
彼はいつもお金が乏しい。
He is poor, but honest.
彼は貧乏だが正直だ。
I had resolved to steal one yen to go see it, but we were poor and there was no way I would find one yen to steal around our house.
一円盗んで見に行く決心をしたが、貧乏の家に盗める一円なんぞ有ろう筈がない。
The rich sometimes despise the poor.
金持ちは時に貧乏人を見下します。
It was the poor who died youngest.
貧乏な人こそもっとも若く死んだ。
He always remained poor.
彼は相変わらず貧乏だった。
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.
