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    3. 臭い飯を食う

    臭い飯を食う

    臭くさい​飯めしを​食くう​

    to go to prison

    NTVerbPolitics & LawKanji Vocab37 strokes

    臭いメシを食うくさい飯を食うくさいメシを食う

    くさいめしをくう

    Verb

    1.
    to go to prison, to serve a prison term, to eat foul-smelling food
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    臭
    くさ.い・-くさ.い・にお.う・にお.い…(1)
    stinking・ill-smelling・suspicious looking・odor・savor…(5)
    Kanji
    飯
    めし…(5)
    meal・boiled rice
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
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