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食う

食う

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

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Verb

食う (godan conjugation, hiragana くう, romaji kuu, historical hiragana くふ)

  1. to put something in one's mouth
  2. (male, vulgar) to eat, to devour (compare Icelandic éta)
     (だれ)でも (ひる)には (めし) ()
    Dare de mo hiru ni wa meshi o kuu.
    Everyone eats food at noon.
  3. to make a living, to live; to survive
  4. to tease, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of; to torment
  5. (of an insect, usually used in the passive) to bite, to sting
    昨晩 (さくばん)は、 () ()われた
    Sakuban wa, ka ni kuwareta.
    I got bitten by a mosquito last night.

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References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0