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暮らしを立てる (くらしをたてる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

暮くらしを立たてる

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し

を

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て

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Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

make a living; earn a livelihood

A set phrase meaning to support oneself financially through work or other means.

彼かれは小しょう説せつを書かいて暮くらしを立たてている。
He makes a living by writing novels.
この仕し事ごとだけで暮くらしを立たてる

の

は

難むずか

しい

。

It's hard to make a living with just this job.

Kanji

暮evening, twilight, season's end
立stand up, rise, set up

Similar words

生せい計けいを立たてる
More formal and often used in written or business contexts, while 暮らしを立てる is slightly more colloquial and personal.

Etymology

Compound of 暮らし (livelihood, living) + を + 立てる (to set up, establish). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the phrase is conventionally used to mean 'to establish one's living'.