Word Meaning 起きて半畳寝て一畳

おきてはんじょうねていちじょう okitehanjouneteichijou

起きて半畳寝て一畳 is read as おきてはんじょうねていちじょう (okitehanjouneteichijou) and means one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary.

Meaning

English

  1. one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary
  2. waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat

Reading

Kana

おきてはんじょうねていちじょう

Romaji

okitehanjouneteichijou

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 59 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 118138 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一畳

いちじょう

one mat

半畳

はんじょう

half tatami mat

四畳半

よじょうはん

small room esp. for assignations

半畳を入れる

はんじょうをいれる

to interrupt

半畳を打つ

はんじょうをうつ

to interrupt

一念発起

いちねんほっき

being resolved to (do something)

寝起き

ねおき

lying down and getting up

一文半銭

いちもんきなか

meagre sum of money

一言半句

いちげんはんく

a single word

アフリカ単一起源説

あふりかたんいつきげんせつ

Out-of-Africa theory (positing a recent African origin for modern humans)

一紙半銭

いっしはんせん

small sum