- 1. [exp, v5u] to have a meal; to eat
- 2. [exp, v5u] to make a living; to earn one's bread (id)
Conjugation — Verb (godan-u)
| Dictionary form | めしをくう | (meshiwokuu) |
| Polite | めしをくいます | (meshiwokuimasu) |
| Past, plain | めしをくった | (meshiwokutta) |
| Past, polite | めしをくいました | (meshiwokuimashita) |
| Negative, plain | めしをくわない | (meshiwokuwanai) |
| Negative, polite | めしをくいません | (meshiwokuimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | めしをくわなかった | (meshiwokuwanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | めしをくいませんでした | (meshiwokuimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | めしをくって | (meshiwokutte) |
| Potential | めしをくえる | (meshiwokueru) |
| Volitional | めしをくおう | (meshiwokuou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | めしをくえば | (meshiwokueba) |
| Passive | めしをくわれる | (meshiwokuwareru) |
| Causative | めしをくわせる | (meshiwokuwaseru) |
| Imperative | めしをくえ | (meshiwokue) |