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    3. 飯の食い上げ

    飯の食い上げ

    飯めしの​食くい​上あげ​

    losing one's means of livelihood

    NTNounWork & CareerKanji Vocab32 strokes

    めしのくいあげ

    Noun

    1.
    losing one's means of livelihood
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 32

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    飯
    めし…(5)
    meal・boiled rice
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
    げ
    ge
    Kana
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