浮うき草くさ稼か業ぎょう

noun

precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade

A yojijukugo describing a livelihood that is as rootless and drifting as floating weeds, often implying instability and lack of security.

• 彼かれは浮うき草くさ稼か業ぎょうで、毎まい年とし仕し事ごとが変かわる。

  He has a precarious trade, and his job changes every year.

• 芸げい能のうの世せ界かいは浮うき草くさ稼か業ぎょうだと言いわれる。

  The entertainment world is said to be an unstable occupation.