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咋: chew

chew; eat; place-name Hakui
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Readings

On
サク・サ
Kun
かむ・くう・くらう

Seen almost only in 羽咋 (Hakui, Ishikawa), where 咋 is read くい.

Key words

羽咋はくいHakui (Ishikawa)
羽咋市はくいしHakui City
羽咋郡はくいぐんHakui District
羽咋駅はくいえきHakui Station

Example sentences

Hakui is a small city on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.

I got off the train at Hakui Station and transferred to a bus.

On the coast at Hakui there is a rare beach you can drive on.

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