expression, noun

  1. financially scraping by, meager existence (meager), hand to mouth existence.
  2. living one's life without plan, living life day-by-day, taking life one day at a time.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
その日暮らし そのひぐらし
 
 
日暮
 
その日暮し そのひぐらし
 
 
 
其の日暮らし そのひぐらし
 
 
其の日暮し そのひぐらし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
evening, twilight, season's end
く.れる ぐれ ボ (6th, N3)
must not, do not, be not
バク ボ マク (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
daylight, sunlight, vast
タイ エイ ひかげ
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)