勝かっ手て元もと

noun

kitchen area; family circumstances

A somewhat dated or literary term referring to the kitchen and its immediate surroundings, or by extension, the domestic or financial situation of a household. The second gloss 'family circumstances' is a figurative extension of the kitchen-as-heart-of-the-home idea.

• 勝かっ手て元もとが広ひろい家いえは料りょう理りがしやすい。

  A house with a spacious kitchen area is easy to cook in.

• あの家いえは勝かっ手て元もとが苦くるしいらしい。

  That family seems to be in difficult financial circumstances.