糊口
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Meanings
1
bare livelihood; subsistence
Refers to barely making a living, often used in set phrases like 糊口をしのぐ (eke out a living).
He ekes out a living with day labor.
In those days, many writers did translations to make a bare living.
Expressions
- 糊口を凌ぐeke out a living; scrape by; live hand to mouth