noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits
A yojijukugo describing an ideal of a simple, self-sufficient life balanced between physical labor and study. Often used to evoke a pastoral, scholarly retirement.
祖父は田舎で晴耕雨読の生活を送っている。
My grandfather leads a life of working in the fields when it's sunny and reading when it rains in the countryside.
After retirement, I want to spend my days in quiet retirement, dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits.