Translation

金のない / 貧乏な / 無一文に近い

Meaning

Impecunious means having very little money, especially in a formal or literary description of a person, student, artist, family, or organization. It does not mean inexpensive.

Examples

• 彼はお金のない学生だったので、中古本だけを買いました。
  As an impecunious student, he bought only used books.
• その劇団は資金不足でしたが、創造力は豊かでした。
  The theater company was impecunious but inventive.