bite

16 strokes

On

ゼイ

Kun

か.む

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Common Words

臍を噛むほぞを噛むほぞをかむ臍を噬むExpressionGodan verbFreq #83488
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Idiomatic expression

to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); to bite one's navel

Examples
彼女は姑の気にさわるようなことを言わなければよかったと臍を噛んだ
She bitterly regretted having said something that displeased her mother-in-law.
反噬んぜいNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #149658
1

turning against one's master; returning evil for good

噬臍噬斉いせいNounArchaic
1

bitter regret

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