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Words with 喰

Kanji 喰, meaning (kokuji), appears in 42 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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食う

くう

to consume time and-or resources

食べる

たべる

to eat

伯楽

ばくろう

cattle or horse trader

食らう

くらう

to receive (e.g. a blow)

出くわす

でくわす

to happen to meet

食い物

くいもの

food

虫食い

むしくい

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

面食らう

めんくらう

to be confused

人食い

ひとくい

cannibalism

立ち食い

たちぐい

eating while standing

稲根喰葉虫

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)

蟻食

ありくい

anteater

金食い虫

かねくいむし

money loser

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)

犬も食わない

いぬもくわない

avoided by everybody

肩透かしを食う

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

食いつく

くいつく

to complain

食わず芋

くわずいも

night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)

心喰い虫

しんくいむし

any moth whose larvae feed on fruit

酢漿草

かたばみ

creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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)

男食い

おとこくい

seductress

電食

でんしょく

electrolytic corrosion

年を食う

としをくう

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

年食う

としくう

to grow older

飯を食う

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)

面食い

めんくい

being attracted by physical looks only

薬食い

くすりぐい

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

襤褸団扇船喰虫

ぼろうちわふなくいむし

Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)