乞 - beg, invite, ask

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

beggar

to ask for and receive

beggar; begging

actors; players; riverbank beggars

Buddhist monk

bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)

beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine

once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop

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

to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine

praying for rain