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食い締める

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 食い締める.

Dictionary

Entry

食い締める喰い締めるくいしめるTransitiveIchidan verb
1

Obsolete term

to clench (one's teeth); to bite (one's lip)

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

tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten

15 strokesFrequency 797JLPT N1Grade 8

On

テイ

Kun

し.まるし.まりし.める-し.め-じ.め

eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)

12 strokesGrade 9

Kun

く.うく.らう

Nanori

じき

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