水呑百姓

みずのみびゃくしょう

Also written 水呑み百姓, 水飲み百姓

Meanings

1. Noun poor peasant; peasant farmer

Kanji

• 水 water. Read as みず.
• 呑 swallow. Read as のむ.
• 百 hundred. Read as ヒャク.
• 姓 surname. Read as ショウ.

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