食い込む

食込む

Reading

Kana: くいこむ

Romaji: kuikomu

Definitions

v5m

vi

1

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)

Note: vulgar expression or word

Kanji

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food

込

Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める

Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Example Sentence

医者(いしゃ)の費用(ひよう)は本当(ほんとう)に貯金(ちょきん)に食(く)い込(こ)む。

➥Doctors' bills really cut into our savings.