冷や飯食い

ひやめしくい

Also written ひやめしぐい, 冷飯食い

Meanings

1. Noun hanger-on; dependent
2. someone who is received coldly
3. third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)

Kanji

• 冷 cool. Read as ひや.
• 飯 meal. Read as めし.
• 食 eat. Read as くう.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists