1.
stress eating; binge eating out of frustration or desperation
eating excessively as a way to cope with stress, frustration, or negative emotions
ストレスでやけ食いしてしまった。
I stress-ate because of stress.
失恋してやけ食いに走った。
I turned to binge eating after a breakup.
やけ食いは一時的な解消法にしかならない。
Stress eating is only a temporary solution.
やけ食い refers to eating excessively as a way to cope with stress, frustration, or negative emotions.
ETYMOLOGY:
やけ (desperation, recklessness from frustration) + 食い (eating). The やけ comes from 自棄 (desperation, giving up).
USAGE:
- やけ食いする: to stress-eat, to binge eat
- やけ食いに走る: to turn to stress eating
RELATED EXPRESSIONS:
- やけ酒: drinking out of frustration
- やけになる: to become desperate/reckless
- 過食: overeating (medical/neutral term)
- 暴飲暴食: binge eating and drinking
REGISTER:
Informal, colloquial. Often used self-deprecatingly to describe one's own behavior.