仕し付つけ銀ぎん

Meanings

educational costs; child-rearing expenses

Refers to the financial burden of raising and educating children, often used in discussions about the cost of living or family budgets.

仕し付つけ銀ぎんがかさむので、共とも働ばたらきを続つづけるしかない。
Since educational costs are piling up, we have no choice but to keep both working.
少しょう子し化かの一いち因いんは、仕し付つけ銀ぎんの高たかさだと言いわれる。
It is said that one cause of the declining birthrate is the high cost of raising children.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
付adhere, attach, refer to
銀silver
躾training, (kokuji)

Related words

教きょう育いく費ひ
教育費 is a more general and common term for educational expenses, while 仕付け銀 specifically emphasizes the costs associated with upbringing and discipline, often with a traditional or colloquial nuance.

Written forms

仕し付つけ銀ぎん
Standard kanji spelling; 仕付け is a common way to write しつけ (discipline/upbringing) in this compound.
躾しつけ銀ぎん
Uses the kanji 躾 for しつけ; less common but still seen.
仕し付つけ銀ぎん
Variant without the okurigana け; less common.
躾しつけ銀ぎん
Variant without the okurigana け; less common.

Etymology

Compound of 仕付け (しつけ, 'discipline, upbringing') and 銀 (ぎん, 'money, silver'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely originated as a colloquial term for the money needed to properly raise and educate children.