乞 - beg, invite, ask

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

beggar

beggar

mercenary spirit; greed; avarice; base nature

actors; players; riverbank beggars

going on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food); going to ask for alms of food; pindacara

merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise

to tender one's resignation

to ask for and receive

I pray in earnest that; I beg that; I yearn that

Buddhist monk

Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)