► 動詞
不足 [ふそく] [不足する] meaning: lack rank: 2
☆ 殆どの人は運動が不足している ⇨ Most people lack, are not doing enough, exercise
☆ 食料が不足している ⇨ There is not enough food
► 名詞
不足 [ふそく] meaning: lack rank: 2
☆ 彼は経験不足だ (けいけんぶそく) ⇨ He lacks experience
☆ 計画は資金不足で中止になった (しきんぶそく) ⇨ The project has been canceled due to a lack of fund
► 形容動詞
不足 [ふそく] meaning: enough rank: 2
☆ 彼はビタミンが不足している ⇨ He’s not taking enough vitamins
☆ 彼は経験が不足している ⇨ He doesn’t have enough experience
More examples:
- 彼は社長になるは力量不足だ ⇨ He lacks the enough competence to be a CEO
- 寝不足で気分が悪い ⇨ I don’t feel good because of lack of sleep
- 準備不足が敗因だった ⇨ The cause of the defeat was lack of preparation
- 計画は資金不足で中止を余儀なくされた ⇨ There was no other choice but cancel the project due to a lack of fund
- その計画は資金不足が致命傷となった ⇨ The fatal wound, undoing, of the project was a lack of fund
- 原材料の不足により生産が遅滞した ⇨ The production has been delayed by a shortage of the raw material
- トイレットペーパーの品不足が当分続きそうだ ⇨ The shortage of toilet paper is likely to continue for a while
- 材料不足がこのまま続くと生産に支障を来す ⇨ The production will be negatively impacted if the raw material shortage continues at this rate
- 彼は社長には力不足だ ⇨ He is not capable of being a CEO
- 彼等は品不足に便乗して大儲けした ⇨ They made a lot of profits exploiting the shortage
- その小学校は生徒不足で閉校になった ⇨ The elementary school was closed due to the low number of students
- 経費削減の皺寄せで事務用品が不足している ⇨ We don’t have enough office stationeries because of the cost cutting
- それは私の力不足の致す所でした ⇨ That happened because I was not good enough
- 計画は資金不足で見送られた ⇨ The project has been shelved because of a lack of fund
- 食料品店で品不足が続いている ⇨ Merchandise shortages have been continuing at grocery stores