暮くらす

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

live; lead a life; get by

General intransitive use for living one's daily life, often with a location or manner.

• 彼かれは田舎いなかで静しずかに暮くらしている。

  He lives quietly in the countryside.

• 年ねん金きんだけで暮くらすのは大たい変へんだ。

  It's hard to get by on just a pension.

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

make a living; earn a livelihood

Focuses on the economic aspect of sustaining oneself, often with a means of income.

• 彼かれは翻ほん訳やくで暮くらしている。

  He makes a living as a translator.

• 一いち日にちに一いちドルで暮くらす人ひと々びとがいる。

  There are people who live on a dollar a day.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb, intransitive verb

spend one's days; pass one's time

Dated usage; describes spending time in a certain way or state. Often replaced by 過ごす in modern Japanese.

• 彼かれは読どく書しょに日ひを暮くらした。

  He spent his days reading.

• 昔むかしはこうして一いち日にちを暮くらしたものだ。

  In the old days, people used to pass the whole day like this.

suffix, godan verb (-su)

keep doing; spend all day doing

Suffix attached to the -masu stem of a verb. Indicates doing something habitually or all day long.

• 彼かれは一いち日にち中じゅう遊あそび暮くらしている。

  He spends all day playing.

• 夏なつ休やすみは寝ねて暮くらした。

  I spent the summer vacation sleeping.