自じ腹ばら

noun

paying out of one's own pocket; paying one's own way

Used when someone covers an expense personally, especially when it might normally be paid by an employer, group, or other party. Often appears in phrases like 自腹を切る (to foot the bill oneself).

• 交こう通つう費ひは自じ腹ばらで払はらった。

  I paid the transportation costs out of my own pocket.

• 会かい社しゃの飲のみ会かいなのに、上じょう司しが自じ腹ばらを切きってくれた。

  Even though it was a company drinking party, the boss footed the bill himself.