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食い
くい
Nouns
eating; feeding · bite (in fishing)
食い物
くいもの
Nouns
food; foodstuff · prey; victim
食い止める
くいとめる
Common word
N1
Verbs
hold back; keep at bay; stem; curb; halt
共食い
ともぐい
Nouns
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other · cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle
食いしん坊
くいしんぼう
Nouns
glutton; gourmand; big eater
食い違い
くいちがい
Common word
N1
Nouns
discrepancy; inconsistency; disagreement
つまみ食い
つまみぐい
Nouns
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; secret eating · embezzlement; misappropriation; skimming off the top · flirting; playing the field; sampling
食いつく
くいつく
Verbs
bite at; snap at; nibble · jump at; seize eagerly; get one's teeth into · hold on to; cling to; stick to · complain; bicker; find fault
飲み食い
のみくい
Nouns
eating and drinking; food and drink
食いつき
くいつき
Nouns
bite (in fishing)
食い込み
くいこみ
Nouns
digging in; cutting into · inroads; encroachment; eating into · deficit; loss · wedgie
虫食い
むしくい
Other
worm-eaten; moth-eaten · holes eaten by insects · leaf warbler; chiffchaff; willow wren
巣くう
すくう
Verbs
nest; build a nest · hang out (of a bad group); be based (in); haunt · lodge (in one's mind); be planted; lurk (in one's heart)
食い違う
くいちがう
Common word
N1
Verbs
not match well; not mesh properly · differ; clash; be inconsistent
食い意地
くいいじ
Nouns
gluttony; greed for food
食い逃げ
くいにげ
Nouns
dine and dash; leaving without paying
面食い
めんくい
Nouns
person who cares only about looks; being attracted only by appearance
食いっぱぐれ
くいっぱぐれ
Nouns
missing a meal; going without food
食い入る
くいいる
Verbs
eat into; corrode; bite into
盗み食い
ぬすみぐい
Nouns
sneaking a bite; snitching food
食い下がる
くいさがる
Common word
N1
Verbs
cling to; hang on to · persist; hound; refuse to back down · sumo technique: grab the mawashi and lower one's hips
食い倒れ
くいだおれ
Nouns
ruining oneself through food extravagance
食いで
くいで
Nouns
substantiality of a meal; fillingness
利食い
りぐい
Nouns
profit-taking; realizing gains
食い扶持
くいぶち
Nouns
food expenses; cost of one's board
食い荒らす
くいあらす
Verbs
eat up and spoil; devour destructively · eat a bit of everything; nibble around · encroach upon; take over; steal (support, market)
食い初め
くいぞめ
Nouns
first meal ceremony; 100-day celebration
食い繋ぐ
くいつなぐ
Verbs
ration out and survive on (some food); get by on (limited food) · eke out a living; scrape by
人食い
ひとくい
Nouns
cannibalism; biting a person · man-eating; cannibalistic
人食いザメ
ひとくいザメ
Nouns
man-eating shark; great white shark
入れ食い
いれぐい
Nouns
fish biting at every cast; hot fishing
冷や飯食い
ひやめしくい
Nouns
hanger-on; dependent; sponger · person given the cold shoulder; unwelcome guest · non-inheriting son (Edo period); younger son with no inheritance
取って食う
とってくう
Verbs
catch and eat; bite and kill
売り食い
うりぐい
Nouns
living by selling off one's possessions
大物食い
おおものぐい
Nouns
giant-killer; one who defeats a much stronger opponent
大食い
おおぐい
Nouns
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; gluttony · big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
寝食い
ねぐい
Nouns
living in idleness; idle living
居食い
いぐい
Nouns
living in idleness; idle living
拾い食い
ひろいぐい
Nouns
scavenging for food; eating food off the ground
早食い
はやぐい
Nouns
eating quickly; speed-eating
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