Illustration: On the veranda of a Japanese home, a child holds a large rice cracker in both hands and nibbles carefully around its edge with the front teeth. Several small scalloped bite marks interrupt the cracker’s round outline, and a few crumbs have fallen onto the child’s lap.

かじる

kajiru

to nibble, to gnaw

Example sentences

犬いぬは肉にくを骨ほねからかじりとった。
The dog bit meat off the bone.
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リンゴをがぶりと齧かじった。
She bit into the apple.
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ねずみがかじって壁かべに穴あなをあけちゃったの。
A rat chewed a hole in the wall.
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