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喰 kanji
eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)
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- 12
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
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Words with 喰
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —とって喰うto catch and eat; to bite (and kill)
- —獲って喰うto catch and eat; to bite (and kill)
- —喰い締めるto clench (one's teeth); to bite (one's lip)
- —下手物喰いeating bizarre foods; eating strange things; eating grotesque foods; person with bizarre tastes in food; person with unconventional tastes
- —なに喰わぬ顔innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
- —気に喰わないunable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
- —稲根喰い葉虫Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)
- —犬も喰わないavoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; not even a dog will eat (it)
- —据え膳喰わぬit is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
- —喰い散らかすto eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
- —喰いちらかすto eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
- —ゲテモノ喰いeating bizarre foods; eating strange things; eating grotesque foods; person with bizarre tastes in food; person with unconventional tastes
- —げてもの喰いeating bizarre foods; eating strange things; eating grotesque foods; person with bizarre tastes in food; person with unconventional tastes
- —肩透かしを喰うto suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
- —肩すかしを喰うto suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
- —蓼喰う虫も好き好きsome prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
- —タデ喰う虫も好き好きsome prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
- —据え膳喰わぬは男の恥it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
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