futokoro ga atatakai lit. ‘your breast pocket is warm’
Japanese idiom, everyday. To have a lot of money.
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How do people use 懐が暖かい
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Everyday Japanese for having plenty of money on you, often right after payday or a bonus: “ボーナスが出て懐が暖かい”. It’s more about the cash you have now than lifelong wealth. The opposite, 懐が寒い (your pocket is cold), is just as common.
Also said 懐が温かい, 懐が潤う
懐が暖かい
in real sentences
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懐が暖かい。
Futokoro ga atatakai.
I have plenty of money with me.
Tatoeba, sentence by small_snow, translation by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does 懐が暖かい
come from?
懐 is the fold of a kimono across the chest, where people used to tuck their purse, so a warm 懐 is a well-filled one. Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (via Kotobank) quotes it in the sharebon Kontan Sōkanjō (1754) and gives both senses, having a lot of cash on hand and being well off.
Mistakes learners make with 懐が暖かい
Using it for a rich family or a wealthy country. It describes your wallet at the moment, so for real wealth say 金持ち or お金がうなるほどある.
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