い
居
そうろう
候
せい
生
かつ
活

noun

  1. living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging, sponging on other people for accommodation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
い
居
そうろう
候
せい
生
かつ
活
 居候生活 いそうろうせいかつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

reside, to be, exist
い.る　キョ　お.る (5th, N3)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
climate, season, weather
コウ　そうろう (4th, N3)
marquis, lord, daimyo
コウ (Early High School, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
yu
dart, arrow
や　シ (2nd, N1)
person, (人 variant)
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)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)
lively, resuscitation, being helped
カツ　い.きる (2nd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
tongue, reed, clapper
した　ゼツ (6th, N1)
thousand
セン　ち　かず (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)