食い込む

くいこむ

Also written 食込む

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
2. to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)
3. to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

Kanji

• 食 eat. Read as くう.
• 込 into. Read as こむ.

Example sentences

• 医者の費用は本当に貯金に食い込む。
  Doctors' bills really cut into our savings.

Common phrases

• 上位に食い込む
• 争いに食い込む

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