プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
くちべらし【口減らし】
口減らしのために息子を養子に出した
In order to 「cut down [reduce] the number of mouths they had to feed, they had their son adopted by another family.
日本語の解説|口減らしとは
口減らしのために息子を養子に出した
In order to 「cut down [reduce] the number of mouths they had to feed, they had their son adopted by another family.
[名](スル)いくつかの異なった考え方のよいところをとり合わせて、一つにまとめ上げること。「両者の意見を―する」「和洋―」「―案」[類語]混合・混じる・混ざる・混交・雑多・まぜこぜ・ちゃんぽん・交錯...