金きん欠けつ病びょう

noun

poverty; being broke

Jocular term, a pun on 貧血病 (anemia), implying a chronic lack of money. Used playfully to describe being broke.

• 給きゅう料りょう日び前まえはいつも金きん欠けつ病びょうだ。

  I'm always broke right before payday.

• 彼かれは金きん欠けつ病びょうで、昼ひる飯めしも抜ぬいているらしい。

  He's so broke he seems to be skipping lunch too.