One night stay and one meal - Isshukuippan

Japanese: 一宿一飯 - いっしゅくいっぱん

To be given a place to stay overnight and a meal. To be looked after by someone while traveling or passing by.

[Use] - Gratitude.

[Example] Why? Perhaps he realized how grateful he was for the lodging and food (although he gave me cigarettes instead of food) [Shishi Bunroku * Free School | 1950]

[Example] The poet first traveled around Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Java, and Sumatra, as a hippie, staying overnight and eating, at the end of the Taisho period. [Kaiko Takeshi * The Song of the Washbasin | 1979]

[Explanation] Hiroshi Baku Disciple and In the code of honor among the people, it was considered a lifelong debt of gratitude.

Source: Dictionary of Four-character Idioms About Dictionary of Four-character Idioms Information

Japanese:

ひと晩泊めてもらい、一度食事をふるまわれること。旅の途上などで通りがかりにちょっと世話になること。

[活用] ―の恩義。

[使用例] なぜだろう？一宿一飯（メシの代りにタバコだったが）の恩を、知ったのだろうか［獅子文六＊自由学校｜1950］

[使用例] 詩人がはじめてマレー、ジャヴァ、スマトラなど、東南アジア地帯を一宿一飯のヒッピーとして流れ歩いたのは大正も末年の頃であるから［開高健＊洗面器の唄｜1979］

[解説] 博ばく徒との間の仁義では生涯の恩義とされていました。

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