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食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】

  1. [exp,adj-no] (living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
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Kanji Meanings On Readings Kun Readings Grade
食 Eat, Food ショク, ジキ く.う, く.らう, た.べる, は.む 2