Word details

やけ食い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word やけ食い.

Dictionary

Entry

やけ食いヤケ食い自棄食い焼け食い焼食いやけぐい (やけ食い/自棄食い/焼け食い/焼食い)ヤケぐい (ヤケ食い)Noun~する VerbFreq #57383
1

binge eating; stress eating

Examples
ストレスでやけ食いをされる方も多いと思います。
I think there are many who binge eat from stress.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

eat, food

9 strokesFrequency 328JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショクジキ

Kun

く.うく.らうた.べるは.む

Nanori

ぐい

oneself

6 strokesFrequency 19JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

みずか.らおの.ずからおの.ずと

Nanori

より

abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice

13 strokesFrequency 901JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

す.てる

bake, burning

12 strokesFrequency 982JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ショウ

Kun

や.くや.きや.き--や.きや.ける

Nanori

やいやき

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