eating whole; biting into something whole
Refers to eating something without cutting or breaking it, often used for foods like onigiri, apples, or whole fish. Compare with 丸かじり, which is more common.
See also: まるかじり
He ate the rice ball whole.
It's hard to eat an apple whole.
ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll for Setsubun
Standard spelling using the common kanji 丸 and kana for the rest.
Rarely used kanji form; 齧 is not a jōyō kanji.
Compound of 丸 (まる, 'whole') and かぶり, the nominalized form of かぶる ('to bite into').