living circumstances; lifestyle; household finances
Refers to the overall economic condition of a household, including income, standard of living, and financial well-being. Often used in contexts discussing how comfortably someone lives.
Our living circumstances have improved recently.
Many households are struggling financially.
Standard kanji spelling; common in news and everyday writing.
Kana-mixed spelling; rarely used in practice.
Variant with 暮し instead of 暮らし; less common but still seen.
Kana-mixed variant of 暮し向き; very rare.
Compound of 暮らし (living, livelihood) and 向き (direction, orientation), literally 'the direction of one's living'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys the state of one's livelihood.