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喰 kanji
eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)
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Words with 喰
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —喰うPopularto eat; to live; to make a living; to survive; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; to consume time; to consume resources; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- —漆喰mortar; plaster; stucco
- —山椒喰ashy minivet (species of passerine bird, Pericrocotus divaricatus)
- —女喰いwomanizer; philanderer; playboy
- —根喰葉虫leaf beetle (of subfamily Donaciinae)
- —仙台虫喰eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
- —羽衣虫喰American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- —喰いタンtanyao with open melds (not allowed in some rules); open tanyao
- —心喰い虫codling moth larva; any moth whose larvae feed on fruit
- —稲根喰葉虫Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)
- —襤褸団扇船喰虫Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)
- —蟻喰anteater
- —人喰cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
- —喰物food; foodstuff; prey; victim
- —蟻喰いanteater
- —人喰いcannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
- —巣喰うto build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to haunt; to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted; to luck (in one's heart)
- —面喰いbeing attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks
- —立喰いeating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
- —喰い物food; foodstuff; prey; victim
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