Search Terms: *乞*
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Godan-u verb (special), transitive verb
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to beg, to ask, to request, to invite
Other readings:
乞う【こう】
noun
1.
beggar(sensitive)
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
begging
Other readings:
乞食【こつじき】
expression
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slow and steady wins the race, there is luck in the last helping(proverb)
Other readings:
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】
noun
1.
beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine(historical term)
2.
successful but stingy merchants from Ise(derogatory, archaism)
noun
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noun, auxillary suru verb
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leave-taking, offering one's resignation, farewell visit
Other readings:
暇乞【いとまごい】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
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begging for one's life, pleading for one's life
Other readings:
命ごい【いのちごい】
、命乞【いのちごい】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
expression
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merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites), robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise(derogatory, proverb, archaism)
expression, Godan-u verb (special)
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to seek knowledge, to ask for instruction
Other readings:
教えを乞う【おしえをこう】
noun
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actors, players, riverbank beggars(derogatory)(from unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge)
noun
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Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
See also:七夕
Other readings:
乞巧奠【きこうでん】
noun
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going on an alms round (for food), going begging (for food), going to ask for alms of food, pindacara(Buddhist term)
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
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to beg, to request, to beseech, to implore, to entreat
Other readings:
請い願う【こいねがう】
、庶幾う【こいねがう】
、冀う【こいねがう】
、乞い願う【こいねがう】
expression, adverb
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I pray in earnest that, I beg that, I yearn that(the は is pronounced わ)
Other readings:
希わくは【こいねがわくは】
、冀わくは【こいねがわくは】
、庶幾わくは【こいねがわくは】
expression
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don't miss it, stay tuned, coming soon, look forward to it
Other readings:
こうご期待【こうごきたい】
、請うご期待【こうごきたい】
expression
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once a beggar, always a beggar, if one begs for three days, one cannot stop(proverb)
Other readings:
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】