その日暮らし

Japanese
Kanji in this term
日 暮
ひ
Grade: 1		 くら > ぐら
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
其の日暮らし

Etymology

From その (sono, “that”) + 日暮らし (higurashi, “day-to-night”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) そのひぐ​らし [sònó hígúꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞no̞ çiɡɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

その日暮(ひぐ)らし • (sono higurashi) 

  1. living hand-to-mouth
  2. living one day at a time

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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