- 1. [v5u, vt] to eat (male)
- 2. [v5u, vt] to live; to make a living; to survive
- 3. [v5u, vt] to bite; to sting (as insects do)
- 4. [v5u, vt] to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
- 5. [v5u, vt] to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
- 6. [v5u, vt] to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
- 7. [v5u, vt] to consume time; to consume resources
- 8. [v5u, vt] to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) (col)
- 9. [v5u, vt] to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time (male, vulg)
Kanji in this word
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食
eat, foodOn: ショク (shoku)、 ジキ (jiki)Kun: く.う (ku.u)、 く.らう (ku.rau)、 た.べる (ta.beru)、 は.む (ha.mu)
Example Sentences
お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。
o hara wo aka setasono otoko ha , tabemono womusabori kutsutsu ta .
The starving man devoured the food.
この事業は金を食う。
kono jigyou ha kin wo kuu .
This job eats money.
主人に大目玉を食った。
shujin ni oomedama wo kutsutsu ta .
The boss bawled me out.