河原乞食

かわらこじき

Meanings

1. Noun actors; players (literally: riverbank beggars) (from unlicensed actors in Edo-period Kyoto acting on the riverbanks near Shijō Bridge)

Kanji

• 河 river. Read as かわ.
• 原 original
• 乞 beg
• 食 eat. Read as ジキ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists