Word Meaning 乞食

こじき kojiki

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

Meaning

English

beggar
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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乞食を三日すればやめられぬ

こじきをみっかすればやめられぬ

once a beggar, always a beggar

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)

慌てる乞食は貰いが少ない

あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない

slow and steady wins the race

朝食

あさげ

breakfast

昼食

ひるげ

food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

肉食

にくじき

carnivorous

食

しょく

eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)