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食う

喰う、 啖う

Reading

Kana: くう
Romaji: kuu
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v5u
vt
1

to eat

Note: male term or language
2

to live; to make a living; to survive

3

to bite; to sting (as insects do)

4

to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of

5

to encroach on; to eat into; to consume

6

to defeat a superior; to threaten a position

7

to consume time and-or resources

8

to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

Note: colloquialism
9

to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

Note: male term or language; vulgar expression or word

Kanji

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: く.う、 く.らう
Meanings: eat, drink, receive (a blow), (kokuji)
Readings: タン、 く.う、 くらわ.す
Meaning: eat

Example Sentences

不意打(ふいう)ちを()う。
➥I was thrown off guard.
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(たで)()(むし)(すす)()き。
➥There is no accounting for tastes.
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喧嘩(けんか)のそば(つえ)()った。
➥I got involved in other people's quarrel.
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(だい)(さかな)(しょう)(さかな)()う。
➥The great fish eat the small.
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この事業(じぎょう)(きん)()う。
➥This job eats money.
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主人(しゅじん)大目玉(おおめだま)()った。
➥The boss bawled me out.
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