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    3. 巣食う

    巣食う

    巣す食くう​

    to build a nest

    KMT10News #46+1Verb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentAnimalsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    巣くう巣喰う

    すくう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to build a nest, to nest
    2.
    to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in), to haunt
    3.
    to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.), to be planted, to luck (in one's heart)

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    鳥とりが木きの枝えだに巣す食くっている。

    Birds are nesting on the tree branches.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    彼かれの心こころには、過か去この失しっ敗ぱいが深ふかく巣す食くっていた。

    Past failures deeply lodged in his heart.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologypsychology
    その悪あくの組そ織しきは、都と市しの影かげに巣す食くっていた。

    That evil organization was based in the shadows of the city.

    KMT10Daily Life
    この洞どう窟くつにはコウモリが巣す食くっている。

    Bats are nesting in this cave.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    偏へん見けんが人ひと々びとの心こころに巣す食くうのは恐おそろしいことだ。

    It is terrifying for prejudice to lodge in people's hearts.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologypsychology

    Characters that make up this word

    巣
    す・す.くう…(1)
    nest・rookery・hive・cobweb・den
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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