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How would you translate 「腰掛{こしかけ}で仕事{しごと}をする」in this sentence.

> 男が奢{おご}るのは当{あ}たり前{まえ}で、まだ女子{じょし}は腰掛で仕事をする人も多く、24歳{さい}25歳が結婚{けっこん}のリミット？！
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How would you translate 「腰掛で仕事をする」?
> 「腰掛で仕事をする」

「腰掛{こしかけ}で」 in this phrase has an idiomatic meaning of " _ **temporarily**_ "
even though the original meaning of 「腰掛」is "a chair", "a bench", etc.

Thus, the phrase in question means " **(many women) still just work
temporarily (until they get married)**." Hence, they tend to make less money
than their male colleagues because those women workers are assigned simpler
tasks, which is why the male workers often end up 奢る-ing them. 「奢る」 means "to
treat others" or "to pay for others".

FYI: This might surprise some, but 「椅子{いす}」 is a Sino-loanword while 「腰掛」 is
an originally Japanese word.
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