食う
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to eat (Male 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
Other spellings
喰う
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
くう
Examples24
この
This job eats money.
お腹を空かせた
The starving man devoured the food.
主人
The boss bawled me out.
この
This engine consumes the most oil.
ぼく
My car burns a lot of gas.
この
This car is very economical on gas.