起きて半畳寝て一畳
おきてはんじょうねていちじょう
Meanings
- Expression one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary (literally: waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat)
Kanji
- 起 rise. Read as おきる.
- 半 half. Read as ハン.
- 畳 fold. Read as ジョウ.
- 寝 sleep. Read as ねる.
- 一 one. Read as イチ.