慌てる乞食はもらいが少ない

あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない

slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping

乞食

こじき こつじき

beggar

貰い

tip; gratuity; alms

慌てる

あわてる

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised), to be flustered, to panic

乞い取る

こいとる

to ask for and receive

額が少ない

がくがすくない

insufficient (money, etc.)

少ない

すくない

few, a little, scarce, insufficient, seldom

貰い子

もらいご

adopted child, foster child

貰い乳

もらいぢち もらいちち もらいぢ

having one's baby nursed by another woman, wet-nursing, breast milk received from another woman

物貰い

ものもらい

beggar

貰い手

もらいて

receiver, recipient

貰いゲロ

もらいゲロ

sympathy vomiting; vomiting due to the sight or the smell of another person's vomit

貰い受ける

もらいうける

to get, to be given

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

伊勢乞食

いせこじき

beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise)

乞食坊主

こじきぼうず こつじきぼうず

Buddhist monk

乞い願わくは

こいねがわくは

I pray in earnest that, I beg that, I yearn that