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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

食くい込こむ

kuikomu

to dig into, to cut into

Used when something presses into a surface. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ストラップが肩かたに食くい込こむ

    the strap digs into the shoulder

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. さらに、柄えが太ふとく短みじかくできていることで力ちからを加くわえやすく、打うち下おろした時ときに深ふかく土どに食くい込こむようにできている鍬くわの事ことである。

    Furthermore, kurokuwa is a hoe whose shaft is thick and short so as to make is easy to apply force and dig into the ground deeply when banging down.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 弦つるの食くい込こみから親指おやゆびを保護ほごするための指貫ゆびぬきの様ような指輪ゆびわを付つける地域ちいきもある。

    In some regions, people wear a thimble-like ring to protect the thumb from the bowstring digging into it.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 食込

  • 食eat; foodOnショク・ジキKunくう・くらう・たべる
  • 込crowded; mixtureKunこむ・こみ・こめる

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