巣食う
- Godan verb with 'u' ending
- intransitive verb
巣食う
Godan
Intransitive
1
Godan verb with 'u' endingintransitive verb
to build a nest;to nest
2
Godan verb with 'u' endingintransitive verb
to hang out (of a bad group);to be based (in);to haunt
嫉妬心くらい強く人間の心情に巣食う情熱はない。
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
3
Godan verb with 'u' endingintransitive verb
to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.);to be planted;to luck (in one's heart)
Other forms
巣くう 【すくう】 · 巣喰う 【すくう】 (search-only kanji form)