Vocabulary

What does 食い込む (くいこむ, kuikomu) mean?

食い込む (くいこむ, kuikomu) means to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails).

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Readingくいこむ
Romajikuikomu
Part of speechgodan verb, intransitive
くいこむ
kuikomu

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)

  1. 1godan verb · intransitive to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
  2. 2godan verb · intransitive to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads
  3. 3godan verb · intransitive to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

Also written: 食込む

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