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遊食 (ゆうしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
living in idleness ; idle living
Describes a lifestyle of living without working, often with a negative connotation of laziness or dependence. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to live in idleness'.
飽あ
き
て
、
仕し
事ごと
を
探さが
し
始はじ
め
た
。
He got tired of the idle life and started looking for a job.
Similar words 無む 職しょく 無職 simply means 'unemployed' without the nuance of deliberately living idly; 遊食 implies a chosen lifestyle of leisure and dependence.
怠たい 惰だ 怠惰 is an adjective/noun meaning 'laziness' as a trait, while 遊食 refers specifically to the act or state of living without working.
Etymology Compound of 遊 (play, leisure) and 食 (eat, living). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination suggests 'eating through play' or 'living by leisure'.
