There are 73 total results for your 食う search in the dictionary.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
食う see styles |
kuu / ku くう |
(transitive verb) (1) (masculine speech) to eat; (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 and-or resources; (8) (colloquialism) to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); (9) (masculine speech) (vulgar) to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time |
巣食う see styles |
sukuu / suku すくう |
(ateji / phonetic) (v5u,vi) (1) to build (a nest); to nest; (2) to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere) |
年食う see styles |
toshikuu / toshiku としくう |
(exp,v5u) to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged |
歳食う see styles |
toshikuu / toshiku としくう |
(exp,v5u) to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged |
一杯食う see styles |
ippaikuu / ippaiku いっぱいくう |
(exp,v5u) to be deceived |
人を食う see styles |
hitookuu / hitooku ひとをくう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) (usu. as 人を食った) to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude |
割を食う see styles |
wariokuu / warioku わりをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick |
年を食う see styles |
toshiokuu / toshioku としをくう |
(exp,v5u) to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged |
歳を食う see styles |
toshiokuu / toshioku としをくう |
(exp,v5u) to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged |
泡を食う see styles |
awaokuu / awaoku あわをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head |
糟を食う see styles |
kasuokuu / kasuoku かすをくう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to be scolded (mainly used theatrically) |
芯を食う see styles |
shinokuu / shinoku しんをくう |
(exp,v5u) (1) (idiom) to get to the heart of the matter; to get to the core; (exp,v5u) (2) (idiom) {sports} to hit (a ball) with the sweet spot (of a golf club, baseball bat, etc.) |
貪り食う see styles |
musaborikuu / musaboriku むさぼりくう |
(transitive verb) to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up |
霞を食う see styles |
kasumiokuu / kasumioku かすみをくう |
(exp,v5u) (1) to live on air; (exp,v5u) (2) (See 仙人・2) to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) |
飯を食う see styles |
meshiokuu / meshioku めしをくう |
(exp,v5u) to devour a meal; to have a meal |
横綱を食う see styles |
yokozunaokuu / yokozunaoku よこづなをくう |
(exp,v5u) to beat a grand champion |
煽りを食う see styles |
aoriokuu / aorioku あおりをくう |
(exp,v5u) to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus |
逆捩を食う see styles |
sakanejiokuu / sakanejioku さかねじをくう |
(irregular okurigana usage) (exp,v5u) to have the tables turned on one |
道草を食う see styles |
michikusaokuu / michikusaoku みちくさをくう |
(exp,v5u) to loiter (on the way); to waste time |
食うや食わず see styles |
kuuyakuwazu / kuyakuwazu くうやくわず |
(exp,adj-no) (living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence |
お預けを食う see styles |
oazukeokuu / oazukeoku おあずけをくう |
(exp,v5u) to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone |
冷や飯を食う see styles |
hiyameshiokuu / hiyameshioku ひやめしをくう |
(exp,v5u) (1) (idiom) to depend on someone for food and lodging; (exp,v5u) (2) (idiom) to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position |
店立てを食う see styles |
tanadateokuu / tanadateoku たなだてをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be evicted |
御預けを食う see styles |
oazukeokuu / oazukeoku おあずけをくう |
(exp,v5u) to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone |
粋が身を食う see styles |
suigamiokuu / suigamioku すいがみをくう |
(exp,v5u) (proverb) too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man |
臭い飯を食う see styles |
kusaimeshiokuu / kusaimeshioku くさいめしをくう |
(exp,v5u) to go to prison; to serve a prison term; to eat foul-smelling food |
足止めを食う see styles |
ashidomeokuu / ashidomeoku あしどめをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay |
足留めを食う see styles |
ashidomeokuu / ashidomeoku あしどめをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay |
逆ねじを食う see styles |
sakanejiokuu / sakanejioku さかねじをくう |
(exp,v5u) to have the tables turned on one |
逆捩じを食う see styles |
sakanejiokuu / sakanejioku さかねじをくう |
(exp,v5u) to have the tables turned on one |
巻き添えを食う see styles |
makizoeokuu / makizoeoku まきぞえをくう |
(exp,v5u) to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in |
肩透かしを食う see styles |
katasukashiokuu / katasukashioku かたすかしをくう |
(exp,v5u) to suffer a disappointment; to miss out on something |
背負投げを食う see styles |
seoinageokuu / seoinageoku せおいなげをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed |
とばっちりを食う see styles |
tobacchiriokuu / tobacchirioku とばっちりをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into |
同じ釜の飯を食う see styles |
onajikamanomeshiokuu / onajikamanomeshioku おなじかまのめしをくう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to live together; to be close friends; to eat out of the same pot |
待ちぼうけを食う see styles |
machiboukeokuu / machibokeoku まちぼうけをくう |
(exp,v5u) (See 待ちぼうけ) to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain |
背負い投げを食う see styles |
seoinageokuu / seoinageoku せおいなげをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed |
置いてきぼりを食う see styles |
oitekiboriokuu / oitekiborioku おいてきぼりをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be left behind |
蓼食う虫も好き好き see styles |
tadekuumushimosukizuki / tadekumushimosukizuki たでくうむしもすきずき |
(expression) (proverb) some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste |
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meshiokuu / meshioku めしをくう |
(exp,v5u) (1) to have a meal; to eat; (exp,v5u) (2) (idiom) to make a living; to earn one's bread |
蚊の食う程にも思わぬ see styles |
kanokuuhodonimoomowanu / kanokuhodonimoomowanu かのくうほどにもおもわぬ |
(expression) untroubled; unworried; unaffected |
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ippaikuu / ippaiku いっぱいくう |
(exp,v5u) to be deceived |
働かざる者食うべからず see styles |
hatarakazarumonokuubekarazu / hatarakazarumonokubekarazu はたらかざるものくうべからず |
(expression) if man will not work, he shall not eat |
蚊の食うほどにも思わぬ see styles |
kanokuuhodonimoomowanu / kanokuhodonimoomowanu かのくうほどにもおもわぬ |
(expression) untroubled; unworried; unaffected |
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musaborikuu / musaboriku むさぼりくう |
(transitive verb) to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up |
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michikusaokuu / michikusaoku みちくさをくう |
(exp,v5u) to loiter (on the way); to waste time |
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kasumiokuu / kasumioku かすみをくう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income |
働かざるもの食うべからず see styles |
hatarakazarumonokuubekarazu / hatarakazarumonokubekarazu はたらかざるものくうべからず |
(expression) if man will not work, he shall not eat |
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oazukeokuu / oazukeoku おあずけをくう |
(exp,v5u) to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone |
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oomedamaokuu / oomedamaoku おおめだまをくう |
(exp,v5u) (See 大目玉を食らう) to get scolded severely |
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sukuu / suku すくう |
(v5u,vi) (1) to build (a nest); to nest; (v5u,vi) (2) to hang out (somewhere); to haunt (a place) |
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kusaimeshiokuu(臭i飯o食u); kusaimeshiokuu(臭imeshio食u) / kusaimeshioku(臭i飯o食u); kusaimeshioku(臭imeshio食u) くさいめしをくう(臭い飯を食う); くさいメシをくう(臭いメシを食う) |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to go to prison; to serve a prison term; to eat foul-smelling food |
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toshikuu / toshiku としくう |
(exp,v5u) (See 年を食う・としをくう) to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged |
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seoinageokuu / seoinageoku せおいなげをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed |
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kuu / ku くう |
(transitive verb) (1) (masculine speech) to eat; (transitive verb) (2) to live; to make a living; to survive; (transitive verb) (3) to bite; to sting (as insects do); (transitive verb) (4) to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; (transitive verb) (5) to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; (transitive verb) (6) to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; (transitive verb) (7) to consume time and-or resources; (transitive verb) (8) (colloquialism) to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); (transitive verb) (9) (masculine speech) (vulgar) to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time |
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kuu / ku くう |
(transitive verb) (1) (masculine speech) to eat; (transitive verb) (2) to live; to make a living; to survive; (transitive verb) (3) to bite; to sting (as insects do); (transitive verb) (4) to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; (transitive verb) (5) to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; (transitive verb) (6) to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; (transitive verb) (7) to consume time; to consume resources; (transitive verb) (8) (colloquialism) to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); (transitive verb) (9) (masculine speech) (vulgar) to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time |
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hatarakazarumonokuubekarazu / hatarakazarumonokubekarazu はたらかざるものくうべからず |
(expression) (proverb) if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play |
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tottekuu / totteku とってくう |
(transitive verb) to catch and eat; to bite (and kill) |
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sukuu / suku すくう |
(v5u,vi) (1) to build a nest; to nest; (v5u,vi) (2) to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to haunt; (v5u,vi) (3) to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted; to luck (in one's heart) |
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toshiokuu / toshioku としをくう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to grow older (than expected); to advance in age |
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toshiokuu / toshioku としをくう |
(exp,v5u) to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged |
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toshikuu / toshiku としくう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) (See 年を食う) to grow older (than expected); to advance in age |
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umehakuutomosanekuunanakanitenjinnetegozaru / umehakutomosanekunanakanitenjinnetegozaru うめはくうともさねくうななかにてんじんねてござる |
(exp,v4r) (proverb) don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep |
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umehakuutomosanekuuna、nakanitenjinnetegozaru / umehakutomosanekuna、nakanitenjinnetegozaru うめはくうともさねくうな、なかにてんじんねてござる |
(exp,v4r) (proverb) don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep |
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awakuu; awakuu(sk) / awaku; awaku(sk) あわくう; アワくう(sk) |
(v5u,vi) (See 泡を食う) to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head |
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katasukashiokuu / katasukashioku かたすかしをくう |
(exp,v5u) (1) (idiom) to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; (exp,v5u) (2) (idiom) to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip |
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kusaimeshiokuu / kusaimeshioku くさいめしをくう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to go to prison; to serve a prison term; to eat foul-smelling food |
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tadekuumushimosukizuki(蓼食u虫mo好ki好ki, 蓼喰u虫mo好ki好ki); tadekuumushimosukizuki(tade食u虫mo好ki好ki, tade喰u虫mo好ki好ki) / tadekumushimosukizuki(蓼食u虫mo好ki好ki, 蓼喰u虫mo好ki好ki); tadekumushimosukizuki(tade食u虫mo好ki好ki, tade喰u虫mo好ki好ki) たでくうむしもすきずき(蓼食う虫も好き好き, 蓼喰う虫も好き好き); タデくうむしもすきずき(タデ食う虫も好き好き, タデ喰う虫も好き好き) |
(expression) (proverb) some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste |
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tadekuumushimosukizuki / tadekumushimosukizuki たでくうむしもすきずき |
(expression) (proverb) some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste |
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kanokuuhodonimoomowanu / kanokuhodonimoomowanu かのくうほどにもおもわぬ |
(expression) untroubled; unworried; unaffected |
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ashidomeokuu / ashidomeoku あしどめをくう |
(exp,v5u) to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay |
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sakanejiokuu / sakanejioku さかねじをくう |
(exp,v5u) (See 逆捩じ・1) to have the tables turned on one |
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menkurau めんくらう |
(v5u,vi) to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback |
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