Support - Edge

Japanese: 扶持 - ふち

〘 noun 〙 (also "Fuji") ① (━ suru) To give assistance. To lend one's strength. ※Ryo Gikai (833) Household "There are _{two or} three, but not _{one who} has gone. _One _who has lost _a father-in-law or mother-in-law. (That is, _{one who} still has _two stipends.)" ※Heike (early 13th century) 1 "Our ancestor, Lord Tadahito, provided a stipend for the young lord." [Mencius - Duke Teng Wen] ② (━ suru) To give someone a stipend and make him a vassal. To give someone a stipend of rice and keep him as a vassal. ※Konoe Family Documents - November 1, 1278 (Kōan 1), petition from Nakazawa Motokazu, landlord of Oyama Manor: "I found _a robber in Miyata Manor in Tanba Province, _who was a miscellaneous servant, _{and ordered him to} _return and kill the robber, _Nishi Zenbōshi, _and to sue him for not being true. _This is _not a minor matter." ※Tsurezuregusa (around 1331), 226: "This Shinano monk was given a stipend." ③ Abbreviation of "Fuchimai (stipend of rice)." ※Soga Monogatari (around the Northern and Southern Courts) 4: "Even a single servant who is well-equipped does not have a stipend in any season." ④ By extension, food expenses. Kuibuchi. ※Wife (1908-09),〈Tayama Katai〉 19: "Children always receive a stipend ."

Fuji- ji [support]

〘Noun〙 ⇒Fuchi (stipend)

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「ふぢ」とも)① (━する) 援助すること。力を貸すこと。※令義解（833）戸「有_二三不_一レ去。一経_レ持_二舅姑之喪_一。〈謂。持猶_二扶持_一也〉」※平家（１３Ｃ前）一「外祖忠仁公幼主を扶持し給へり」〔孟子‐滕文公〕② (━する) 俸祿を与えて家臣とすること。扶持米を与えて臣下として抱え置くこと。※近衛家文書‐弘安元年（1278）一一月日・大山荘地頭中沢基員陳状案「為丹波国宮田庄雑掌見寂扶_二持強盗人_一、還令_レ殺_二害西善法師_一申、致_二不実濫訴_一、無_レ謂子細事」※徒然草（1331頃）二二六「この信濃入道を扶持し給けり」③ 「ふちまい（扶持米）」の略。※曾我物語（南北朝頃）四「一人具したる下人にだにも四季折節にふちをもせず」④ 転じて、食費。くいぶち。※妻（1908‐09）〈田山花袋〉一九「子供には屹度扶持(フチ)が附いて来る」