食う

verb (godan)くう · kuu

1. Englishto eat

   • 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.

2. Englishto live; to make a living; to survive

3. Englishto bite; to sting (as insects do)

4. Englishto tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of

5. Englishto encroach on; to eat into; to consume

6. Englishto defeat a superior; to threaten a position

7. Englishto consume time; to consume resources

   • この事業は金を食う。This job eats money.

8. Englishto receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

   • 主人に大目玉を食った。The boss bawled me out.

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

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