食うや食わず

くうやくわずkuuyakuwazu

expression · adjectival

  1. (living) from hand to mouth
  2. living on the fringe of subsistence

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences