貪り食う

むさぼりくう

Also written むさぼり食う

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up

Kanji

• 貪 covet. Read as むさぼる.
• 食 eat. Read as くう.

Example sentences

• お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。
  The starving man devoured the food.

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