Word details

食いちぎる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 食いちぎる.

Dictionary

Entry

食いちぎる食い千切る食千切るいちぎるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #25395
1

to bite off

Examples
ライオンは死んだきりんの肉を食いちぎった
The lion ripped the flesh from the dead giraffe.

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

thousand

3 strokesFrequency 195JLPT N4Grade 1

On

セン

Kun

Nanori

かずゆき

cut, cutoff, be sharp

4 strokesFrequency 324JLPT N3Grade 2

On

セツサイ

Kun

き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ

Nanori

きつきりぎり

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