暮らし

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暮
く Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
暮し

Etymology 1

From 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 暮(く)らす (kurasu, “to live, to lead a life”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くらし [kùráshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾa̠ɕi]

Noun

暮(く)らし • (kurashi)

life, living, livelihood, life circumstances
暮(く)らしを立(た)てる
kurashi o tateru
to make a living

Synonyms

(formal) 生(せい)活(かつ) (seikatsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
暮
く > ぐ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

From 暮(く)らし (kurashi) above. The kurashi changes to gurashi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ɾa̠ɕi]

Suffix

暮(ぐ)らし • (-gurashi)

life, living, livelihood, life circumstances

Derived terms

一人暮(ひとりぐ)らし (hitorigurashi): living alone, single life
二人暮(ふたりぐ)らし (futarigurashi)
海外暮(かいがいぐ)らし (kaigaigurashi)
貧乏暮(びんぼうぐ)らし (binbōgurashi)
実家暮(じっかぐ)らし (jikkagurashi)
田舎暮(いなかぐ)らし (inakagurashi)
日暮(ひぐ)らし (higurashi)
その日暮(ひぐ)らし (sonohigurashi)

Related terms

暮(く)らす (kurasu, “(verb) to live a life”)
暮(く)れる (kureru, “(verb) to end, to near the end”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN