Moto 乞: Beg; Invite; AskKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コツ、キツ、キ、キケ、コチ
- Kun'yomi
- こ(う)
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 38 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コツ・キツ・キ・キケ・コチ)
- 乞丐こつがいbeggar; bum
- 乞士こっしbhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
- 乞巧奠きっこうでんFestival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
- 行乞ぎょうこつgoing on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 乞食こじきbeggar
- もの乞いものごいbeggar; begging
- 一夜乞食いちやこじきperson turned into a beggar overnight
- 乞いこいrequest; entreaty
- 乞い取るこいとるto ask for and receive
- 乞い受けるこいうけるto receive by requesting earnestly; to beg
- 乞い願うこいねがうto beg; to request
- 乞い願わくはこいねがわくはI pray in earnest that; I beg that
- 乞うこうto beg; to ask
- 乞うご期待こうごきたいdon't miss it; stay tuned
- 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; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop
- 乞食を三日すれば止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; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop
- 乞食坊主こじきぼうずBuddhist monk
- 乞食根性こじきこんじょうmercenary spirit; greed
- 命乞いいのちごいbegging for one's life; pleading for one's life
- 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slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping
- 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; there is luck in the last helping
- 教えを乞うおしえをこうto seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
- 暇乞いいとまごいleave-taking; offering one's resignation
- 漿を乞いて酒を得るしょうをこいてさけをうるto get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine
- 物乞いものごいbeggar; begging
- 袖乞いそでごいbeggar
- 許しを乞うゆるしをこうto beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon
- 雨乞いあまごいpraying for rain
Other readings
- モノ乞いものごいbeggar; begging
- 乞児ほいとうbeing served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple)
- 乞婿こいむこbridegroom who is loved by his bride
- 乞高評こうこうひょうwith the author's compliments
- 伊勢乞食いせこじきbeggars at the Ise Grand Shrine
- 命乞いのちごいbegging for one's life; pleading for one's life
- 暇乞いとまごいleave-taking; offering one's resignation
- 河原乞食かわらこじきactors; players
- 物乞ものごいbeggar; begging
- 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); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise
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