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食くう

Kana くう Romaji kuu

JLPT N3 Common word

Definitions

01godan verb · transitive

male term or language

to eat

02godan verb · transitive

to live; to make a living; to survive

03godan verb · transitive

04godan verb · transitive

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

05godan verb · transitive

to encroach on; to eat into; to consume

06godan verb · transitive

to defeat a superior; to threaten a position

07godan verb · transitive

to consume time; to consume resources

08godan verb · transitive

colloquial

to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

09godan verb · transitive

male term or languagevulgar expression or word

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

Examples

この事業は金を食う。

This job eats money.

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主人に大目玉を食った。

The boss bawled me out.

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お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。

The starving man devoured the food.

Tatoeba #226677

Other forms

喰う啖う (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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