食い

くい

Meanings

1. Noun eating
2. bite (in fishing)

Kanji

• 食 eat. Read as くう.

Example sentences

• 今日は魚の食いが悪い。
  The fish aren't biting today.

Common phrases

• 食いに行く

Words containing 食い

• 大食い (おおぐい) eating heavily
• 食い込む (くいこむ) to bite into (e.g. rope into skin)
• 食いつく (くいつく) to bite at

And 115 more.

Word lists

• Spoken

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