| Word form | kojiki |
| Original script | 乞食 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Originally a Buddhist term meaning that a monk on pilgrimage would come to houses begging for food. |
| Comments on word | originally kotsujiki (714). Present form first attested in 970. |
| Analyzability | semi-analyzable |
| Gloss | kotsu-shiki beg-food |
| Age | Old Japanese [21] (710–794) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 令義解(713) |
| Comparison with Mandarin | semantic change |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 0 |