► 名詞
自腹 [じばら] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 会社設立の費用は全て自腹だった ⇨ I paid all the money to set up the company out of my pocket (☛ Literally means “own stomach”)
自腹 [じばら] [自腹を切る] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 彼は自腹を切って選挙に出馬した ⇨ He ran for the election paying everything out of his own pocket (☛ Literally means cut your own stomach, but has no association with seppuku, and simply means to pay out of your own pocket)