ボウ, とぼ.しい, とも.しい

destitution, scarce, limited

JLPT1 G7 S4 F1646

The relevant seal inscription form is the reverse image of correct, suggesting a widespread lack of something that is correct, or required → *scarcity*; *meager*; *limited*; *lacking*; *exhausted*.

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