Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to bite off, to gnaw through.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
噛み切る かみきる
 
 
 
かみ切る かみきる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

chew, bite, gnaw
か.む コウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
tooth, cog
は シ よわい (3rd, N3)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
cut, cutoff, be sharp
き.る セツ サイ (2nd, N4)
seven
なな シチ なの (1st, N5)
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)