This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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食う

喰う、啖う
くう
to eat; to live; to make a living; to survive; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; to consume time and-or resources; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
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食らう

喰らう
くらう
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow)
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漆食

漆喰
しっくい
mortar; plaster; stucco
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食べる

喰べる
v1
vt
たべる
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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食らいつく

食らい付く、喰らい付く
くらいつく
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
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稲根喰葉虫

稲根喰い葉虫
いねねくいはむし、イネネクイハムシ
Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle)
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人食い

人喰い、人喰
ひとくい
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
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酢漿草

酸漿草、鳩酸草、酢母草、片喰
かたばみ、カタバミ
creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel
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虫食い

虫喰い
むしくい
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff; willow wren
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電食

電喰
でんしょく
electrolytic corrosion