This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

起きて半畳寝て一畳

Reading

Kana: おきてはんじょうねていちじょう
Romaji: okitehanjōneteichijō
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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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

Kanji

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up
Readings: ハン、 なか.ば
Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 たた.む、 たたみ、 かさ.なる
Meanings: tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
Readings: シン、 ね.る、 ね.かす、 い.ぬ、 みたまや、 や.める
Meanings: lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)