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食い入るように (くいいるように) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Related words じっと じっと means 'fixedly' or 'motionlessly', focusing on stillness. 食い入るように adds a nuance of intense, almost devouring concentration.
熱ねっ 心しん に 熱心に means 'enthusiastically' or 'zealously', a more general eagerness. 食い入るように is specifically about visual focus and intensity.
Etymology From 食い入る (to eat into, to penetrate) + ように (as if). The phrase literally means 'as if eating into', figuratively describing an intense, penetrating gaze.
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こ
供ども
たち
は
食く
い
入い
る
よう
に
絵え
本ほん
を
見み
て
い
た
。
The children were eagerly looking at the picture book.
