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)

んじょうちじょう

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
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
rouse, wake up, get up
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
one, one radical (no.1)