山やま稼かせぎ

noun

making a living in the mountains

Refers to earning one's livelihood through mountain-based work such as forestry, hunting, or gathering.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、山やま稼かせぎで生せい計けいを立たてていた。

  When he was young, he made a living by working in the mountains.