禄ろくを食はむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

draw a salary; receive a stipend; be on the payroll

A somewhat formal or literary expression for receiving regular pay from an employer or patron. Often used in historical or bureaucratic contexts.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん、会かい社しゃの禄ろくを食はんできた。

  He has been on the company's payroll for many years.

• 役やく所しょの禄ろくを食はむだけの仕し事ごとはしたくない。

  I don't want a job where I just draw a government salary without doing meaningful work.