Japanese Dictionary
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Meaning of 食う in Japanese
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食う, 喰う, 啖うJLPT 3
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Kana Readingくう
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Romajikū
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to eat
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to live; to make a living; to survive
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to bite; to sting (as insects do)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to consume time and-or resources
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
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Examples of 食う, 喰う, 啖う, くう in a sentence
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「そうか。やはり私のほうが年を食ってる。私は今年で２０うんたら才だ」「いや、わかんねーよ」
Oh? Then, as I expected, I've been around longer than you. This year I'm 20-mumble years old. "What does that tell me?"
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There is no accounting for tastes.
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The dog ate a watch and a Japanese fan.
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I'm so hungry, I ate it.
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A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord.
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I was thrown off guard.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 食う
- Plain Polite
- 食います
- Negative
- 食わない
- Negative Polite
- 食いません
Past
- Plain
- 食った
- Plain Polite
- 食いました
- Negative
- 食わなかった
- Negative Polite
- 食いませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 食って
- Plain Polite
- 食いまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 食われる
- Plain Polite
- 食われます
- Negative
- 食われない
- Negative Polite
- 食われません