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    3. 起きて半畳寝て一畳

    起きて半畳寝て一畳

    起おき​て​半はん畳じょう寝ねて​一いち畳じょう

    one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary

    NTExpressionsCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab59 strokes

    おきてはんじょうねていちじょう

    Expressions

    1.
    one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary, waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    起
    お.きる・お.こる・お.こす・おこ.す・た.つ…(1)
    rouse・wake up・get up
    Kanji
    半
    なか.ば…(2)
    half・middle・odd number・semi-・part-
    Kanji
    畳
    たた.む・たたみ・かさ.なる…(2)
    tatami mat・counter for tatami mats・fold・shut up・do away with
    Kanji
    寝
    ね.る・ね.かす・い.ぬ・みたまや・や.める…(1)
    lie down・sleep・rest・bed・remain unsold
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
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