Dog food - Inukui

Japanese: 犬食 - いぬくい
Dog food - Inukui
〘Noun〙 (also "inugui") ① = inuawase (dog-fighting) ※Masukagami (around 1368-76) 15 "Sagami no Kami Takatoki loved dog-fighting and dengaku (dengaku)." ② To eat food greedily like a dog, with one's head bowed in silence. [Rigen Shuran (around 1797)] ③ To eat rice etc., with one's face in a bowl on the dining table, like a dog.

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (「いぬぐい」とも)① =いぬあわせ(犬合)※増鏡(1368‐76頃)一五「相模の守高時といふは〈略〉いぬくい、田楽などをぞ愛しける」② 黙ってうつむいて、犬のようにがつがつと物を食べること。〔俚言集覧(1797頃)〕③ 犬のように、食卓に置いた茶碗に顔をつけるようにして、飯などを食べること。

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