細々 (ほそぼそ)poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along
- poor (living)adverb (fukushi), adverb taking the 'to' particle
- barely continuing; just scraping alongadverb (fukushi), adverb taking the 'to' particle
- very narrownoun or verb acting prenominally
Kanji in 細々
Words that share its kanji
- 細胞さいぼうcell
- 細かいこまかいsmall
- 細かくこまかくminutely; finely
- 詳細しょうさいdetails; particulars
- 細菌さいきんbacterium; bacteria
- 細部さいぶdetails; particulars
- 細かこまかsmall; fine
- 細工さいくwork; workmanship
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