食い込み

くいこみ【食い込み】

1 〔入り込むこと〕 intrusion; thrust.

●食い込みが深い[浅い] have a deep [small] thrust; 【建】 dovetail deeply [shallowly].

●無党派層への食い込みを図る aim for a cut of the nonaffiliated votes.

2 〔欠損〕 a deficit; a loss; 〔使いすぎ〕 overuse.

●食い込みになる ＝くいこむ 2

・月 5 万円の食い込みになる sustain losses of 50,000 yen a month

●今月は出荷が振るわず大きな食い込みだ. Shipments were down this month and we have a large deficit.

3 〔侵入〕 inroads 《on [into] a foreign market》.