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乞食 こじき

  1. beggar
  2. begging

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

  1. if one begs for three days, one cannot stop; once a beggar, always a beggar

乞食坊主 こじきぼうず

  1. Buddhist monk

乞食根性 こじきこんじょう

  1. avarice; base nature; greed; mercenary spirit

一夜乞食 いちやこじき

  1. person turned into a beggar overnight; riches to rags

河原乞食 かわらこじき

  1. actors; players; riverbank beggars

伊勢乞食 いせこじき

  1. beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine
  2. successful but stingy merchants from Ise

慌てる乞食はもらいが少ない あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない

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

近江泥棒伊勢乞食 おうみどろぼういせこじき

  1. merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise

行き大名の帰り乞食 ゆきだいみょうのかえりこじき

  1. going a lord, returning a beggar; spending lavishly on the outward journey and having nothing left for the return
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