Japanese symbol for “glutton”
食いしん坊
くいしんぼう
Romaji: kuishinbou
glutton; gourmand
In Japanese, glutton is 食いしん坊, read くいしんぼう (kuishinbou).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, n glutton; gourmand
Written forms: 食いしん坊、くいしん坊、食いしんぼう. Readings: くいしんぼう、くいしんぼ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “glutton”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大食漢 | たいしょくかん taishokukan | great eater; glutton |
| 健啖家 | けんたんか kentanka | glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser |
| 大食らい | おおぐらい oogurai | glutton |
| ガチマヤー | ガチマヤー gachimayaa | glutton; gourmand |
| 屈狸 | くずり kuzuri | wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou |
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 |
| 赤ん坊 | あかんぼう akanbou | baby; infant |
| 坊主 | ぼうず bouzu | Buddhist priest; bonze |
See also: Chinese symbol for “glutton”.
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.