Japanese symbol for “devour”
食い荒らす
くいあらす
Romaji: kuiarasu
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down
In Japanese, devour is 食い荒らす, read くいあらす (kuiarasu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- v5s, vt to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down
- v5s, vt to eat a bit of everything
- v5s, vt to encroach upon; to take over; to steal (e.g. support)
Written forms: 食い荒らす、食い荒す、食荒らす. Readings: くいあらす.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “devour”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食い殺す | くいころす kuikorosu | to devour; to bite to death |
| 貪る | むさぼる musaboru | to eat greedily; to devour |
| 貪り食う | むさぼりくう musaborikuu | to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 食べ物 | たべもの tabemono | food |
| 食料 | しょくりょう shokuryou | food |
| 食べる | たべる taberu | to eat |
| 食う | くう kuu | to eat |
| 荒野 | こうや kouya | wasteland; wilderness; deserted land |
| 荒れる | あれる areru | to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “devour”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.