身み銭ぜに

noun

one's own money; personal funds

Refers to money that belongs to oneself, as opposed to someone else's money or company funds. Often used in contexts like paying from one's own pocket.

• 交こう通つう費ひは身み銭ぜにを切きって払はらった。

  I paid the travel expenses out of my own pocket.

• 彼かれは身み銭ぜにをはたいてその絵えを買かった。

  He spent his own money to buy that painting.