せい
生
かつ
活
　
の
かて
糧

expression, noun

  1. source of one's livelihood, one's bread and butter.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せい
生
かつ
活
　
の
かて
糧
 生活の糧 せいかつのかて
せい
生
かつ
活
　
の
　
か
　
て
 生活のかて せいかつのかて

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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 (5th, N1)
thousand
セン　ち　かず (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
provisions, food, bread
かて　リョウ　ロウ (8th, N1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
quantity, measure, weight
リョウ　はか.る　かず (4th, N2)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)