自腹

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自 腹
じ
Grade: 2 		はら > ばら
Grade: 6
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

Noun

自(じ)腹(ばら) • (jibara) ←じばら (zibara)?

  1. one's own money; (or) paying out of one's own pocket
    自腹(じばら)を切(き)る／自腹(じばら)で払(はら)う／自腹(じばら)になる
    jibara o kiru／jibara de harau／jibara ni naru
    paying out of one's own pocket
    (literally, “cutting one's own money / paying with one's own money / becoming paying out of one's pocket”)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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