Word · 単語
食い込む
Reading くいこむ
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin)
- 1 to bite into (e.g. rope into skin), to cut into, to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
- 2 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 to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
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例文 · examples
医者の費用は本当に貯金に食い込む。
Doctors' bills really cut into our savings.