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    3. 食う

    食う

    食くう​

    to eat

    N3KMT9News #33+1CoreRef L1Verb, TransitiveFood & DiningAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab11 strokes

    喰う啖う

    くう

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to eat
    male term or language
    2.
    to live, to make a living, to survive
    3.
    to bite, to sting (as insects do)
    4.
    to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of
    5.
    to encroach on, to eat into, to consume
    6.
    to defeat a superior, to threaten a position
    7.
    to consume time, to consume resources
    8.
    to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
    colloquial
    9.
    to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
    male term or languagevulgar expression or word

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    昼ひる飯めしを食くう時じ間かんがない。

    I don't have time to eat lunch.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    腹はらが減へったから、何なにか美う味まいものを食くいたい。

    I'm hungry, so I want to eat something delicious.

    KMT8Food & Dining
    蚊かに食くわれてかゆい。

    I was bitten by a mosquito and it's itchy.

    KMT8AnimalsDaily Life
    彼かれは家か族ぞくを食くわせるために必ひっ死しに働はたらいた。

    He worked desperately to feed his family.

    KMT9Work & CareerFamily & Relationships
    このプロジェクトは多おおくの時じ間かんと労ろう力りょくを食くうだろう。

    This project will consume a lot of time and effort.

    KMT9Work & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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