Keyword
animal food
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1588
Readings
え
(54%)
えさ
(43%)
じ
(1%)
Composed of
eat a little
ear
Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
Examples (40 in total)
So that was bait to lure me out?
Oops, I forgot the feed.
It was like a dog expecting food.