噛み切る (かみきる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

噛み切る (かみきる) means bite off / gnaw through.

See example sentences below.

噛み切る at a glance

噛み切る

かみきるkamikiru

N1verb

bite off / gnaw through

噛み切るかみきるkamikiruN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

bite off / gnaw through

Example 1

りんごを噛み切って食べた。

Translation

I bit off a piece of the apple and ate it.

Example 2

ロープを噛み切って脱出した。

Translation

He gnawed through the rope and escaped.