売うり食ぐい

う

り

ぐ

い

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

living by selling off one's possessions

Describes a situation where someone gradually sells their belongings to cover living expenses, often implying financial decline.

失しつ業ぎょうしてからは、売うり食ぐいで何なんとか暮くらしている。
Since losing my job, I've been getting by through selling off my possessions.
売うり食ぐい生せい

活かつ

が

続つづ

く

と

、

家いえ

の

中なか

が

空から

っぽ

に

なっ

て

しまっ

た

。

After living by selling off things for so long, the house became empty.

Kanji

売sell
食eat, food

Etymology

Compound of 売り (uri, 'selling') + 食い (kui, 'eating'), literally 'selling-eating'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently combines the ideas of selling and consuming to describe living off the proceeds of sold possessions.