Word details

食いつぶす

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 食いつぶす.

Dictionary

Entry

食いつぶす食い潰すいつぶTransitiveGodan verbFreq #46304
1

to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

Examples
彼は賭け事で財産を食いつぶした
He ate up his fortune by gambling.

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

crush, smash, break, dissipate

15 strokesGrade 8

On

カイ

Kun

つぶ.すつぶ.れるつい.える

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