乞こ食じき

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

乞食する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

sensitive

Refers to a person who begs for money or food. Can be considered derogatory or sensitive; use with care.

The act of begging. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to beg'.

乞こ食じきをするto beg (for money or food)
その男おとこは駅えき前まえで乞こ食じきをしていた。
The man was begging in front of the station.
乞こ食じきに身みを落おとすto fall into begging, to be reduced to beggary
事じ業ぎょうに失しっ敗ぱいし、彼かれは乞こ食じきに身みを落おとした。
After his business failed, he was reduced to begging.
乞こ食じきに金かねを恵めぐむto give money to a beggar (as alms)
彼かの女じょは乞こ食じきに金かねを恵めぐんだ。
She gave some money to the beggar.

物もの乞ごい sense 1
物乞い is a broader, somewhat less derogatory term for begging or a beggar, while 乞食 carries a stronger derogatory connotation and is used with caution.
浮ふ浪ろう者しゃN1sense 1
浮浪者 refers to a vagrant or tramp without a fixed home, a more neutral term than 乞食, which specifically emphasizes the act of begging.

ホームレス sense 1
ホームレス means a homeless person and does not necessarily imply begging, whereas 乞食 specifically refers to someone who begs for money or food.

乞食Usage99%
- こじき
  Standard kanji form. The reading こつじき is obsolete.
- こつじき
  out-dated reading
コジキUsage1%
こつじき
out-dated reading

Compound of 乞 (ko, 'beg') + 食 (jiki, 'food'). The reading こじき is a sound change from こつじき.