| eke out | (phrv) ชดเชยให้, See also: เพิ่มให้, Syn. scratch out |
| eke out | (v) supplement what is thought to be deficient, Syn. fill out, Example: He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons; Braque eked out his collages with charcoal |
| eke out | (v) live from day to day, as with some hardship, Example: He eked out his years in great poverty |
| eke out | (v) make by laborious and precarious means, Syn. squeeze out, Example: He eked out a living as a painter |
| eke out | (v) obtain with difficulty, Syn. squeeze out, Example: He eked out some information from the archives |
| 拾荒 | [拾 荒] to glean; to collect scraps; to eke out a meager living #42,863 [Add to Longdo] |
| 讨生活 | [讨 生 活 / 討 生 活] to eke out a living; to live from hand to mouth; to drift aimlessly #66,502 [Add to Longdo] |
| 口を糊する | [くちをのりする, kuchiwonorisuru] (exp, vs-s) (See 糊口, 糊する・2) to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by [Add to Longdo] |
| 食い繋ぐ;食いつなぐ | [くいつなぐ, kuitsunagu] (v5g, vi) (1) to ration out and survive on (some food); (2) to eke out a living [Add to Longdo] |