Words — 27 found
ぐ
やもめ暮らし
1. widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
寡婦暮らし 【やもめぐらし】、寡暮らし 【やもめぐらし】、寡暮し 【やもめぐらし】、鰥暮らし 【やもめぐらし】、鰥暮し 【やもめぐらし】
1. widowhood
ひんじゃいっとう
貧者の一灯
1. one's mite; widow's mite; one lantern from a poor man (i.e. no-one can give more than the only thing they have)Yojijukugo (four character compound)
貧者一灯 【ひんじゃのいっとう】
1. widower
やもめ
鰥
1. widower; divorced man not remarriedUsually written using kana alone, See also 男やもめ おとこやもめ, See also 寡婦 かふ
鰥夫 【やもめ】
おとこうじ
男やもめに蛆がわく
1. widowers are untidy; a man alone soon goes to seed; a man goes to pieces without a woman to look after himProverb
男やもめにうじがわく 【おとこやもめにうじがわく】、男鰥に蛆が湧く 【おとこやもめにうじがわく】