Kanji 喰 Words: Meanings and Readings

啖う

くう

to consume time and-or resources

喰べる

たべる

to eat

虫喰い

むしくい

holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.

博労

ばくろう

cattle or horse trader

喰らう

くらう

to receive (e.g. a blow)

喰らいつく

くらいつく

to bite at

出会す

でくわす

to happen to meet

喰いもの

くいもの

food

面くらう

めんくらう

to be confused

人喰

ひとくい

cannibalism

立ち喰い

たちぐい

eating while standing

稲根喰い葉虫

いねねくいはむし

Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)

芋片喰

いもかたばみ

jointed woodsorrel (Oxalis articulata)

羽衣虫喰

はごろもむしくい

American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

気にくわない

きにくわない

unable to stomach

蟻喰

ありくい

anteater

金喰い虫

かねくいむし

money loser

喰いつく

くいつく

to complain

喰い断

くいタン

having an open hand and no end or honor tiles (meld; not allowed in some rules)

喰付

くっつき

three pairs in a dealt hand (scoring combination)

犬もくわない

いぬもくわない

avoided by everybody

肩すかしをくう

かたすかしをくう

to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped

根喰葉虫

ねくいはむし

leaf beetle (of subfamily Donaciinae)

山椒喰

さんしょうくい

ashy minivet (species of passerine bird, Pericrocotus divaricatus)

紫片喰

むらさきかたばみ

pink woodsorrel (Oxalis corymbosa)

漆喰

しっくい

mortar

女喰い

おんなくい

womanizer

心喰い虫

しんくいむし

any moth whose larvae feed on fruit

仙台虫喰

せんだいむしくい

eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)

端喰

はしばみ

cross-piece joining two or more boards (carpentry)

男喰い

おとこくい

seductress

電喰

でんしょく

electrolytic corrosion

年を喰う

としをくう

to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation)

年喰う

としくう

to grow older

飯を喰う

めしをくう

to have a meal

飯島虫喰

いいじまむしくい

Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)

不喰芋

くわずいも

night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)

片喰

かたばみ

creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

面喰い

めんくい

being attracted by physical looks only

薬喰い

くすりぐい

winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

蓼喰う虫も好き好き

たでくうむしもすきずき

some prefer nettles

襤褸団扇船喰虫

ぼろうちわふなくいむし

Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)