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餌食

Reading

Kana: えじき
Romaji: ejiki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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prey; victim

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 ニ、 え、 えば、 えさ、 もち
Meanings: food, bait, prey, tempting profit
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food

Example Sentences

死神(しにがみ)はえじきを(もと)めいる。
➥Death is seeking for his prey.
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海賊(かいぞく)武装(ぶそう)していない商船(しょうせん)餌食(えじき)にした。
➥Larger pirates often preyed on unarmed merchant ships.
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その(ろう)婦人(ふじん)はまんまと詐欺師(さぎし)餌食(えじき)となった。
➥The old woman fell an easy prey to the fraud.
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その鹿(しか)はライオンの餌食(えじき)になった。
➥The deer fell a prey to the lion.
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(かれ)らが(ころ)したえじきの(かず)はおなじだった。
➥The number of prey they killed was the same.
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(かれ)(こころ)してかからないとマリガンの格好(かっこう)餌食(えじき)となるに(ちが)いない。
➥He'd better watch out, or Mulligan is going to wipe the floor with him.
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