Word · 単語
共稼ぎ
Reading ともかせぎ
(husband and wife) earning a living together
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例文 · examples
アメリカでは多くの夫婦が収支をあわせるため共稼ぎをしている。
Many couples in America both work to make ends meet.
今では多くの家庭が共稼ぎで、夫と妻の両方が働いている。
Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.
あの夫婦は共かせぎしている。だが亭主の給料のほうが女房の給料よりも低い。亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。
He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.