beggary

noun

a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
金銭あるいは食べ物をねだって訴えること（特に往来で一文無しの格好で）
the state of being a beggar or mendicant
乞食または托鉢者であることの状態
- they were reduced to mendicancy
  彼らは托鉢生活になった

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