財ざい産さんを食くい潰つぶす

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-su)

run through one's fortune; squander one's wealth

Implies wasting money through idleness or careless living, not just spending it.

彼かれは遊あそんでばかりいて、親おやの財ざい産さんを食くい潰つぶしてしまった。
He did nothing but play around and ended up running through his parents' fortune.
相そう続ぞくした財

ざい

産さん

を

食く

い

潰つぶ

す

前まえ

に

、

ちゃんと

働はたら

き

なさい

。

Before you squander your inheritance, get a proper job.

Written forms

財ざい産さんを食くい潰つぶす
Standard kanji spelling.
財ざい産さんを食くいつぶす
Variant with つぶす in kana.

Kanji

財property, money, wealth
産products, bear, give birth
食eat, food
潰crush, smash, break

Similar words

浪ろう費ひする
浪費する is a general term for wasting money or resources, while 財産を食い潰す specifically means depleting one's entire fortune, often through idleness.
使つかい果はたす
使い果たす means to use up completely, without the nuance of wasteful idleness that 食い潰す carries.

Etymology

Compound of 財産 (fortune) + を + 食い潰す (to eat away and destroy). The verb 食い潰す combines 食う (to eat) and 潰す (to crush, ruin), metaphorically expressing the gradual consumption and destruction of wealth.