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17 word matches found for '乞' using reading 'こ'
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Most common form: 請う
Godan verb with `u' ending (special class), transitive verb
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
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noun
1. beggar  (sensitive)
2. begging
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expression
Once a beggar, always a beggar; once you have been begging for three days, you cannot stop  (proverb)
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expression, Godan verb with `u' ending (special class)
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
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Most common form: こうご期待
expression
don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it
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noun
request; entreaty
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noun
mercenary spirit; greed; avarice; base nature  (yojijukugo)
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noun
Buddhist monk  (derogatory; yojijukugo)
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noun
person turned into a beggar overnight  (see also: 一夜大尽; yojijukugo)
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expression
slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping  (proverb)
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expression
beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise)  (slang)
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noun
actors; players; riverbank beggars  (from unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge; derogatory)
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to ask for and receive
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Most common form: 請い受ける
to receive by requesting earnestly; to beg  (see also: 請い求める)
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Most common form: 希わくは
expression, adverb
I pray in earnest that; I beg that; I yearn that
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Most common form: 請い願う
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
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expression
to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine  (idiomatic expression)
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