たけのこ
筍
せい
生
かつ
活

noun

  1. selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
たけのこ
筍
せい
生
かつ
活
 筍生活 たけのこせいかつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bamboo shoot
たけのこ　ジュン　イン (Kentei 1)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)
ジュン (7th, N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
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)