noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. cannibalism (in animals), feeding on each other.
  2. cannibalization, mutually harmful competition, internecine struggle, dog-eat-dog competition, suicidal conflict.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
共食い ともぐい
 
 
 
とも食い ともぐい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
eat, food
た.べる く.う ショク (2nd, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い リョウ ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant