- Japanese⇔English Dictionary

common (kanji info)
  1. 1. [v5u, vt] to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back (vulg)
  2. 2. [v5u, vt] to receive (e.g. a blow)
  3. 3. [v5u, vt] to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

Conjugation — Verb (godan-u)

Dictionary form (kurau)
Polite (kuraimasu)
Past, plain (kuratta)
Past, polite (kuraimashita)
Negative, plain (kurawanai)
Negative, polite (kuraimasen)
Past negative, plain (kurawanakatta)
Past negative, polite (kuraimasendeshita)
Te-form (kuratte)
Potential (kuraeru)
Volitional (kuraou)
Conditional (―ba) (kuraeba)
Passive (kurawareru)
Causative (kurawaseru)
Imperative (kurae)

Kanji in this word

Example Sentences

As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
In the past it was perfectly normal to get the back of a teacher's hand or fist as punishment.
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.