くいこむ

食 い 込 む

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, intransitive verb

    to bite into (e.g. rope into skin), to cut into, to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)

    • 医者の費用は本当に貯金に食い込む。
      Doctors' bills really cut into our savings.

  2. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, intransitive verb

    to eat into, to encroach, to make inroads, to penetrate (e.g. a market), to break into (e.g. first place), to erode, to cut into (e.g. time, savings)

  3. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, intransitive verb

    to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
    vulgar expression or word