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デジタル大辞泉
くち‐べらし【口減らし】
読み方:くちべらし
[名](スル)家計の負担を軽くするために、子供を奉公に出したり養子にやったりして、養うべき家族の人数を減らすこと。

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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.

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口減らし
読み方:くちべらし
口べらし とも書く
(名詞、サ変名詞、自動詞)
[対訳] reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

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