Word Meaning 冷や飯食い

ひやめしくい hiyameshikui

冷や飯食い is read as ひやめしくい (hiyameshikui) and means someone who is received coldly.

Meaning

English

  1. someone who is received coldly
  2. third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
  3. hanger-on
  4. dependent

Reading

Kana

ひやめしくい

Romaji

hiyameshikui

Writing Variants

  • 冷や飯食い ひやめしぐい hiyameshigui
  • 冷飯食い ひやめしくい hiyameshikui
  • 冷飯食い ひやめしぐい hiyameshigui

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 126965 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

冷や飯を食う

ひやめしをくう

to depend on someone for food and lodging

冷や飯

ひやめし

cold rice

冷食

れいしょく

eating raw food

冷凍食品

れいとうしょくひん

frozen food

冷や飯草履

ひやめしぞうり

crudely made zori with straw fastenings

無駄飯食い

むだめしぐい

ne'er-do-well

飯が食えない

めしがくえない

cannot make a living

臭い飯を食う

くさいめしをくう

to go to prison

飯の食い上げ

めしのくいあげ

losing one's means of livelihood

飯を食う

めしをくう

to have a meal

冷たい

つめたい

cold (to the touch)