having been given just enough to eat and now it turns to rain
taberu dake wa itadaita ame to nari
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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On his begging rounds, he has received at least enough to eat for the day. And then the rain sets in — rain like a signal that he need walk no further. The close of a day in which he comes to know what it is to have enough.