近江泥棒伊勢乞食

おうみどろぼういせこじき

merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise

伊勢

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)

乞食

こじき こつじき

beggar

伊勢丹

いせたん

Isetan (department store)

伊勢講

いせこう

fraternal religious group formed by Ise Shrine worshippers

伊勢鯉

いせごい イセゴイ

striped mullet (Mugil cephalus)

伊勢神宮

いせじんぐう

Ise Grand Shrine

伊勢参り

いせまいり

Ise pilgrimage

伊勢大廟

いせたいびょう いせおおびょう

the Grand Shrines of Ise

伊勢海老

いせえび いせエビ イセエビ

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

伊勢参宮

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine

伊勢防風

いせぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

伊勢神道

いせしんとう

Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)

伊勢物語

Tales of Ise

一夜乞食

いちやこじき

person turned into a beggar overnight

乞食根性

こじきこんじょう

mercenary spirit, greed, avarice, base nature

河原乞食

かわらこじき かわはらこじき

actors, players, riverbank beggars

乞食坊主

こじきぼうず こつじきぼうず

Buddhist monk

伊勢大神宮

いせだいじんぐう いせおおじんぐう

the Grand Shrines of Ise