晴耕雨読（せいこううどく）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 5
Meaning: farming in good weather, reading in bad
Example sentences
- 退職後は晴耕雨読の暮らしをしたい。 — After retiring, I want to live a quiet life of farming when it's sunny and reading when it rains.
- 晴耕雨読の日々に憧れる。 — I long for days spent farming in fair weather and reading in the rain.
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