beggarliness

Noun

rare uncountable

(rare) The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution.

Japanese Meaning

乞食であること、または乞食のような様相や状態 / 乞食に似た性質や極度の貧困状態

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The beggarliness of the old man's appearance—his threadbare coat and pleading eyes—moved passersby to give him spare change.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その老人の外見の乞食めいた様子――擦り切れたコートと哀願するような目つき――が通行人に小銭を渡させた。

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(rare) The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution.

Angry duns, beggarliness of income, scarcity of the necessaries and luxuries which dignity of rank demanded, the indifference and slights of one's equals, and the ignoring of one's existence by exalted persons, were all hideous enough to Lord Mount Dunstan.

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