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喰 kanji
eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)
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くうくらう
Words with 喰
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —松喰虫insects harmful to pine trees
- —虫喰いworm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff; willow wren
- —薬喰いwinter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold
- —木喰虫bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum); grain borer; wood borer
- —蟹喰猿crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis); long-tailed macaque
- —喰い断tanyao with open melds (not allowed in some rules); open tanyao
- —心喰虫codling moth larva; any moth whose larvae feed on fruit
- —喰付くto bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to get one's teeth into; to really get into; to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to; to complain; to bicker
- —年喰うto grow older (than expected); to advance in age
- —歳喰うto grow older (than expected); to advance in age
- —男喰いseductress; coquette; minx
- —喰付きthree pairs in a dealt hand (scoring combination)
- —泡喰うto be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
- —出喰わすto happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
- —喰止めるto check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem; to curb; to halt
- —立ち喰いeating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
- —喰いものfood; foodstuff; prey; victim
- —松喰い虫insects harmful to pine trees
- —米喰い虫rice weevil; good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat
- —木喰い虫bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum); grain borer; wood borer
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