kojiki

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
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