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    3. 色気より食い気

    色気より食い気

    色いろ気けよ​り​食くい​気け

    fair words fill not the belly

    NTExpressionsFood & DiningEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    色気より食気

    いろけよりくいけ

    Expressions

    1.
    fair words fill not the belly, food before romance
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    色
    いろ…(4)
    color
    Kanji
    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    よ
    yo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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