食しょっ客かく

noun

freeloader; hanger-on; parasite

Derogatory term for someone who lives off another's hospitality without contributing; similar to 居候 (いそうろう).

See also: 居候

• 彼かれは友ゆう人じんの家いえに食しょっ客かくとして居座すわっている。

  He's been staying at his friend's place as a freeloader.

• あの男おとこはただの食しょっ客かくで、何なんの役やくにも立たたない。

  That guy is just a hanger-on; he's completely useless.

noun

house guest (original meaning)

Original, now largely historical meaning: a guest who is provided with meals and lodging, often in a patron–client relationship. Rare in modern usage.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、多おおくの食しょっ客かくが大だい名みょうの屋や敷しきに集あつまった。

  During the Warring States period, many house guests gathered at the daimyo's residence.