食くい扶ぶ持ち

noun

food expenses; cost of one's board

Refers to the money needed to cover one's meals or the cost of being fed, often in the context of supporting oneself or another person.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの食くい扶持ぶちを稼かせぐためにアルバイトを始はじめた。

  He started a part-time job to earn his own food expenses.

• 子こ供どもが増ふえると食くい扶持ぶちもかさむ。

  When you have more children, the cost of feeding them increases.