Beggar - beggar

Japanese: 乞丐 - かったい
Beggar - beggar
〘Noun〙 (A variation of "katai (beggar)")① = katai (beggar)①※Hoshishinshu (around 1216) 2 "Feeling sorry for the poor people, I take things in the morning and evening."② = katai (beggar)③※Gyokujinsho (1563) 15 "A poor person has no brow."③ (From the feeling that if one breaks a vow, one may become ②) A word used to express one's own vow. Byakurai. ※Hyōbanki・Naniwa Kane (1680) 1 "At this point, I can't stand people like you, I'm tired of you."④ = katai (beggar)②※Sanya Shishūshō (1647) 8 "I feel like I want to do something like this."

Beggar

〘 noun 〙 ("丐" also means to beg) To beg for something. Also, a beggar. A stye. A stiff neck. ※Shoku Nihongi - Tenpyo Houji 8th year (764), March Kimi "The East and West City Head Beggars" ※Sachio Poetry Collection (1920)〈Ito Sachio〉"When old age and illness threaten to befall you, you will envy the heroic servants, and even a king will be laughed at by a beggar."

Kotsu-gai [beggar, beggar, beggar]

〘Noun〙 ("Kotsu" is the idiomatic pronunciation of "koto"). The act of being poor and begging others for money or goods. Also, the person who begs for money or goods. A beggar. A stye. A beggar. A hard man. ※Konjaku (around 1120) 20 "When someone begs under one's breath, it is called kotafu. "

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (「かたい(乞丐)」の変化した語)① =かたい(乞丐)①※発心集(1216頃か)二「諸のかったゐをあはれみて、朝夕物をとらす」② =かたい(乞丐)③※玉塵抄(1563)一五「かったいは眉がないぞ」③ (もしも誓いを破ったならば、②になってもよいという気持から) みずから誓っていうことば。びゃくらい。※評判記・難波鉦(1680)一「もはやかたさまのやうなとのたちは、びゃくらい、がったい、いやでござんす」④ =かたい(乞丐)②※山谷詩集鈔(1647)八「ここもとにふたうなものを、やれかったいと云やうなこころぞ」

きっ‐かい【乞丐】

〘名〙 (「丐」も乞うの意) ものを乞うこと。また、こじき。ものもらい。かたい。こつがい。※続日本紀‐天平宝字八年(764)三月己未「東西市頭乞丐者衆」※左千夫歌集(1920)〈伊藤左千夫〉「老病一度身に迫るときに、英雄奴僕を羨み、王者も乞丐に笑はる」

こつ‐がい【乞丐・乞・乞】

〘名〙 (「こつ」は「乞」の慣用音) 貧して他人に金銭や物品を乞うこと。また、その人。こじき。ものもらい。乞丐人。きっかい。かたい。※今昔(1120頃か)二〇「息の下に、乞に候ふと荅(こたふ)

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