共稼ぎ – vocab dash

共とも稼かせぎ

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

No-adjective

1. (husband and wife) earning a living together

Other spellings

共ともかせぎ

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ともかせぎ

Composed of

together with; same; both; all; neither; none; including ...

Noun

earnings

Noun

Used in vocabulary

husband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)

Noun

Examples3

アメリカでは多おおくの夫ふう婦ふが収しゅう支しをあわせるため共とも稼かせぎをしている。

Many couples in America both work to make ends meet.

今いまでは多おおくの家か庭ていが共とも稼かせぎで、夫おっとと妻つまの両りょう方ほうが働はたらいている。

Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.

あの夫ふう婦ふは共ともかせぎしている。だが亭てい主しゅの給きゅう料りょうのほうが女にょう房ぼうの給きゅう料りょうよりも低ひくい。亭てい主しゅが女にょう房ぼうの尻しりにしかれるのも当とう然ぜんだ。

He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.