共稼ぎ[ともかせぎ] (tomokasegi)

working together, (husband and wife) earning a living together

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

共稼ぎ (ともかせぎ, tomokasegi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “working together, (husband and wife) earning a living together”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

私わたしたち 夫婦ふうふは 共稼ともかせぎです

As a married couple we have a dual income.

あの 夫婦ふうふは 共ともかせぎしている。

亭主ていしゅが 女房にょうぼうの 尻しりにしかれるのも 当然とうぜんだ。

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

今では多くの家庭が共稼ぎで、夫と妻の両方が働いている。

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