noun

  1. bribe, money under the table.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
袖の下 そでのした

Contained Kanji Breakdown

sleeve, wing (building), extension
そで シュウ (11th)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
wherefore, a reason
ユウ ユ ユイ (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
below, down, descend
カ した くだ.る (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)