Japanese symbol for “inroads”
食い込み
くいこみ
Romaji: kuikomi
digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into
In Japanese, inroads is 食い込み, read くいこみ (kuikomi).
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Meanings
- n digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into
- n inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); eating into (e.g. an opponent's electoral base)
- n deficit; loss
- n wedgie
Kanji and stroke order
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 |
| 見込み | みこみ mikomi | hope; promise; possibility |
| 申し込み | もうしこみ moushikomi | application; entry; request |
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.