くう

食 う

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to eat
    male term or language

    • 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. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to live, to make a living, to survive

  3. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to bite, to sting (as insects do)

  4. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

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

  5. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to encroach on, to eat into, to consume

  6. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to defeat a superior, to threaten a position

  7. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to consume time, to consume resources

    • この事業は金を食う。
      This job eats money.

  8. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
    colloquial

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

  9. Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb

    to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
    male term or language
    vulgar expression or word