Meaning
eat · food
On'yomi
ショク · ジキ
Kun'yomi
く.う · く.らう · た.べる · は.む
Common compounds (113)
- くい違い くいちがいdifference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
- 喰いもの くいものfood; foodstuff
- 食い下がる くいさがるto grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
- 食べもの たべものfood
- くい止める くいとめるto check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem; to curb; to halt
- 食慾 しょくよくappetite (for food)
- 喰らいつく くらいつくto bite at; to snap at; to nibble
- 啖う くうto consume time and-or resources
- くい違う くいちがうto not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears)
- 日蝕 にっしょくsolar eclipse
- 食い込む くいこむto be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
- 喰べる たべるto eat