- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [v5u, vt] to eat (male)
  2. 2. [v5u, vt] to live; to make a living; to survive
  3. 3. [v5u, vt] to bite; to sting (as insects do)
  4. 4. [v5u, vt] to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
  5. 5. [v5u, vt] to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
  6. 6. [v5u, vt] to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
  7. 7. [v5u, vt] to consume time; to consume resources
  8. 8. [v5u, vt] to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) (col)
  9. 9. [v5u, vt] to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time (male, vulg)

Conjugation — Verb (godan-u)

Dictionary form (kuu)
Polite (kuimasu)
Past, plain (kutta)
Past, polite (kuimashita)
Negative, plain (kuwanai)
Negative, polite (kuimasen)
Past negative, plain (kuwanakatta)
Past negative, polite (kuimasendeshita)
Te-form (kutte)
Potential (kueru)
Volitional (kuou)
Conditional (―ba) (kueba)
Passive (kuwareru)
Causative (kuwaseru)
Imperative (kue)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

The starving man devoured the food.
This job eats money.
The boss bawled me out.