くい
Meanings
Noun
1. eating
2. bite (in fishing)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (70 in total)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth