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乞食

こじき、こつじき
beggar; begging
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請う

乞う
こう
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
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雨乞い

雨請い
あまごい
praying for rain
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命乞い

命ごい、命乞
いのちごい
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
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陪堂

乞児、乞食
ほいとう、ほいと
being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple); serving food; food served; begging; beggar
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乞丐

こつがい、かたい、かったい、きっかい
beggar; bum
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伊勢乞食

exp
いせこじき
beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise)
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請い

乞い
こい
request; entreaty
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一夜乞食

いちやこじき
person turned into a beggar overnight
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物乞い

物ごい、物乞
ものごい
beggar; begging