乞食 – Vocabulary details

乞こ食じき

Meanings

Noun

Sensitive

1. Betteln

2. Bettler; Landstreicher

3. Almosensammeln; Betteln

4. bettelnder Wandermönch

5. Bettler; Landstreicher

Alt. forms

Kanji used

乞

beg

食

eat

Pitch accent

こ

じき

Conjugations...Used in: 422

Used in vocabulary (8 in total)

乞こ食じき坊ぼう主ず

Bettelmönch; Mönch

河か原わら乞こ食じき

Kabuki-Schauspieler

乞こ食じき根こん性じょう

Bettlergesinnung; niedrige Gesinnung

伊い勢せ乞こ食じき

beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine; (arch.) successful but stingy merchants from Ise

慌あわてる乞こ食じきはもらいが少すくない

slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping

慌あわてる乞こ食じきは貰もらいが少すくない

slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping

一いち夜や乞こ食じき

person turned into a beggar overnight

乞こ食じきを三みっ日かすればやめられぬ

once a beggar, always a beggar; (lit.) if one begs for three days, one cannot stop

Examples (3 in total)

彼かれは乞こ食じきも同どう然ぜんだ。

He is no better than a beggar.

乞こ食じきは空くう腹ふくと疲ひ労ろうでめまいがした。

The beggar was dizzy with hunger and fatigue.

私わたしはいつも乞こ食じきどもに何なにか与あたえてやる。