[jibara-wo-kiru]Literal translation: commit seppuku, cut one’s own bellyMeaning: pay out of one’s own pocket, foot the billExample:旅費は会社から払い戻されなかったので、彼が自腹を切る羽目になった。:Since the company didn’t reimburse him for travel expenses, he had to pay them out of his own pocket.---払い戻す [haraimodosu]: reimburse

自腹を切る

[ibara-no-michi]Literal translation: a path of thorns (briar)Meaning: a path/life full of tribulationsExample:彼女はあえていばらの道を選んだ。:She dared to choose a path full of tribulations.

私腹を肥やす