草くさ刈かり場ば

noun

hay-meadow commons; common meadow for grass cutting

Refers to a shared meadow historically used for cutting grass or hay, often as a common resource.

• 昔むかし、村むら人びとたちは草くさ刈かり場ばで一いっ緒しょに草くさを刈かった。

  Long ago, the villagers cut grass together at the common meadow.

noun

place or organization from which many hope to benefit; honey pot

Figurative extension: a resource, position, or organization that many people try to exploit or profit from, like a shared meadow that everyone wants to use.

• その補ほ助じょ金きん制せい度どは業ぎょう界かいの草くさ刈かり場ばになっている。

  That subsidy system has become a honey pot for the industry.