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かじる齧る囓る噛るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #7392
1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to munch; to crunch

Examples
犬は肉を骨からかじりとった。
The dog bit meat off the bone.
2

to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of; to have a smattering of

かぶりつく齧り付く噛り付くかじりつくIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #13499
1

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

2

かじりつく only

to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

Examples
選挙の結果出てくるにつれ、皆テレビにかじりついた。
Everyone was glued to the TV set as the election results came in.
齧歯げっしNounFreq #153626
1

Abbreviation

rodent

聞きかじる聞き齧るききかじるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #36008
1

to have a smattering knowledge of

げっ歯類齧歯類げっしるいNounFreq #80688
1

rodents

かぶりつきかぶり付き噛り付き齧り付きNounUsually kanaFreq #86948
1

front-row sets; ringside seats

石にかじりついても石に齧りついてもいしにかじりついてもExpressionFreq #122522
1

Idiomatic expression

come hell or high water

Examples
石にかじりついても成功してみせる。
I will succeed at any cost.
まるかじり丸かじり丸齧りNounTransitive～する VerbUsually kanaFreq #125216
1

eating (something) whole

石にかじりついてでも石に齧りついてでも石に齧り付いてでもいしにかじりついてでもExpressionFreq #128820
1

Idiomatic expression

come hell or high water

親のすねをかじる親の脛をかじる親の脛を齧る親の脛を囓る親のすねを囓る親の臑を噛るおやのすねをかじるExpressionGodan verbFreq #132447
1

Idiomatic expression

to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; to nibble at one's parents' shins

Examples
彼はまだ親のすねをかじっている。
He's still sponging off his parents.
すねをかじる脛を齧るスネをかじる臑を嚙るExpressionUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #152461
1

Idiomatic expression

to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents')

すねかじり脛かじり脛齧りスネ齧りNounUsually kanaFreq #165580
1

sponger (e.g. off one's parents); hanger-on; freeloader; leech

Examples
これ以上姉さんのすねかじりはやめたまえ！
Don't live off your sister any more.
生噛じり生齧り生かじりなまかじりNoun～する VerbFreq #169743
1

superficial knowledge; smattering

2

dabbler; dilettante

3

dipping into

げっ歯目齧歯目げっしもくNounFreq #199263
1

Rodentia (order comprising the rodents)

齧歯動物げっ歯動物げっしどうぶつNounFreq #222945
1

gnawing animal

Examples
この齧歯動物は冬に木の実を貯える。
These small rodents store up nuts in the winter.
2

rodent

食い齧るくいかじるTransitiveGodan verb
1

to nibble at

2

to have a smattering of knowledge

丸かぶりまるかぶり丸齧りNoun
1

eating (something) whole

かじり散らす齧り散らすかじりちらすIntransitiveGodan verb
1

Rare term

to gnaw at and scatter around

2

Rare term

to dabble in many things but give up quickly