•breadwinner (primary income-earner in a household) · one's job, profession, that pays the bills and puts food on the table · the tool of a breadwinner
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic жизнь (žiznĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žiznь. By surface analysis, жить (žitʹ) + -знь (-znʹ). Compare Old Polish żyźń.
the large, central pillar that holds up a traditional Japanese house. · the breadwinner of a household or organization.
köken: 大黒(だいこく) (Daikoku, “Daikoku, the good of wealth and fortune”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞ자ᇰ〮 (Yale: kòcáng). Original meaning: "very, extremely". Superlative meaning ("most") from sixteenth century onward. Displaced previous superlative adverbs 안〮직 (Yale: áncìk), ᄆᆞᆺ〮 (Yale: mós).
provision of someone's basic (usually economical) needs on a continuous basis, (usually) livelihood · supply, provision (of electricity, material, or the like, on a continuous basis)