微び禄ろく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

small stipend; meager salary

Refers to a low or modest official salary, especially in historical or bureaucratic contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to receive a small stipend'.

• 彼かれは微び禄ろくで家か族ぞくを養やしなっていた。

  He supported his family on a small stipend.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの下か級きゅう武ぶ士しは微び禄ろくに甘あまんじることが多おおかった。

  Lower-ranking samurai in the Edo period often had to content themselves with meager salaries.