Word Meaning 乞食

こじき kojiki

乞食 is read as こじき (kojiki) and means beggar.

Meaning

English

  1. beggar
  2. begging

Reading

Kana

こじき

Romaji

kojiki

Writing Variants

  • 乞食 こつじき kotsujiki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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乞食根性

こじきこんじょう

mercenary spirit

乞食坊主

こじきぼうず

Buddhist monk

一夜乞食

いちやこじき

riches to rags

河原乞食

かわらこじき

actors

伊勢乞食

いせこじき

beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine

近江泥棒伊勢乞食

おうみどろぼういせこじき

merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites)

肉食

にくしょく

carnivorous

給食

きゅうしょく

provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.)

朝食

あさげ

breakfast

朝食

ちょうしょく

breakfast

Example Sentences

7

I am no better than a beggar.

The pauper was begging for a living.

Beggars can't be choosers.

I always give something to the beggars.

Mr Yamaha gave some walnuts to a beggar.

He is rich yet he lives like a beggar.

A female beggar was begging with five or six children following along.