食い上げ

くいあげ

Meanings

1. Noun losing one's means of livelihood
2. suspension of a samurai's annual rice stipend
3. fish swimming upwards after biting a fishhook

Kanji

• 食 eat. Read as くう.
• 上 up. Read as あげる.

Words containing 食い上げ

• 飯の食い上げ (めしのくいあげ) losing one's means of livelihood
• おまんまの食い上げ (おまんまのくいあげ) losing one's means of livelihood

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