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)二つ以上のものが並び立つこと。「立候補者が―する」「―政権」[類語]両立・併存・同居・共存・並立・鼎立ていりつ...