Word Meaning つまみ食い

つまみぐい tsumamigui

つまみ食い is read as つまみぐい (tsumamigui) and means eating with one's fingers.

Meaning

English

  1. eating with one's fingers
  2. flirting
  3. embezzlement
  4. misappropriation
  5. exploiting something
  6. snitching food
  7. snatched food
  8. secret eating

Reading

Kana

つまみぐい

Romaji

tsumamigui

Writing Variants

  • 撮み食い つまみぐい tsumamigui
  • 摘まみ食い つまみぐい tsumamigui
  • 摘み食い つまみぐい tsumamigui

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 130502 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人食い

ひとくい

cannibalism

食い違い

くいちがい

difference

利食い

りぐい

profit-taking

食わず嫌い

くわずぎらい

disliking a certain food without having tried it

共食い

ともぐい

cannibalism (in animals)

虫食い

むしくい

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

飲み食い

のみくい

food and drink

立ち食い

たちぐい

eating while standing

食い合い

くいあい

biting one another

食が細い

しょくがほそい

eating only a little

食の細い

しょくのほそい

sparsely eating

食う

くう

to consume time and-or resources

Example Sentences

5

Tom, you just had a snack right now.

I can't stop eating chocolate in secret.

I'll give you a smack in the hand if you eat with your fingers.

You say you had a nibble, it looked to me like you'd polished it off.

Tom ate some of my rice while I was away from the table.