Definition of 起きて半畳寝て一畳 (おきてはんじょうねていちじょう)
おはんじょうねいちじょう
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
expression
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one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary, waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat(proverb)
Related Kanji
起 | rouse, wake up, get up |
半 | half, middle, odd number, semi-, part- |
畳 | tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with |
寝 | lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold |
一 | one, one radical (no.1) |