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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

Variations:
飯を食う
飯を喰う

 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

Variations:
一杯食う
いっぱい食う

 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

Variations:
貪り食う
むさぼり食う

 musaborikuu / musaboriku
    むさぼりくう
(transitive verb) to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up

Variations:
道草を食う
道草をくう

 michikusaokuu / michikusaoku
    みちくさをくう
(exp,v5u) to loiter (on the way); to waste time

Variations:
霞を食う
かすみを食う

 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

Variations:
お預けを食う
御預けを食う

 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

Variations:
大目玉を食う
大目玉をくう

 oomedamaokuu / oomedamaoku
    おおめだまをくう
(exp,v5u) (See 大目玉を食らう) to get scolded severely

Variations:
巣食う(ateji)
巣くう

 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)

Variations:
臭い飯を食う
臭いメシを食う

 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

Variations:
年食う
歳食う
年喰う
歳喰う

 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

Variations:
背負い投げを食う
背負投げを食う

 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

Variations:
食う
喰う
啖う(oK)

 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

Variations:
食う
喰う
啖う(rK)

 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

Variations:
働かざる者食うべからず
働かざるもの食うべからず

 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

Variations:
取って食う
とって食う
取って喰う(sK)
とって喰う(sK)
獲って食う(sK)
獲って喰う(sK)

 tottekuu / totteku
    とってくう
(transitive verb) to catch and eat; to bite (and kill)

Variations:
巣食う(ateji)
巣くう
巣喰う(sK)

 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)

Variations:
年を食う
歳を食う
年をくう(sK)
歳をくう(sK)
年を喰う(sK)
歳を喰う(sK)

 toshiokuu / toshioku
    としをくう
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to grow older (than expected); to advance in age

Variations:
年を食う
歳を食う
年を喰う
歳を喰う

 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

Variations:
年食う
歳食う
年くう(sK)
年喰う(sK)
歳喰う(sK)
歳くう(sK)

 toshikuu / toshiku
    としくう
(exp,v5u) (idiom) (See 年を食う) to grow older (than expected); to advance in age

Variations:
梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる
梅は食うとも核食うな中に天神寝てござる

 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

Variations:
梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる
梅は食うとも核食うな中に天神寝てござる(sK)

 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

Variations:
泡食う
泡喰う
泡くう(sK)
アワ食う(sK)
あわ食う(sK)
アワ喰う(sK)
あわ喰う(sK)

 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

Variations:
肩透かしを食う
肩すかしを食う
肩透かしを喰う
肩すかしを喰う
肩透かしをくう
肩すかしをくう

 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

Variations:
臭い飯を食う
臭いメシを食う(sK)
くさい飯を食う(sK)
くさいメシを食う(sK)

 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

Variations:
蓼食う虫も好き好き
タデ食う虫も好き好き
蓼喰う虫も好き好き
タデ喰う虫も好き好き

 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

Variations:
蓼食う虫も好き好き
蓼食う虫も好きずき(sK)
たで食う虫も好きずき(sK)
たで食う虫も好き好き(sK)
タデ食う虫も好き好き(sK)
蓼喰う虫も好き好き(sK)
タデ喰う虫も好き好き(sK)

 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

Variations:
蚊の食うほどにも思わぬ
蚊の食う程にも思わぬ

 kanokuuhodonimoomowanu / kanokuhodonimoomowanu
    かのくうほどにもおもわぬ
(expression) untroubled; unworried; unaffected

Variations:
足止めを食う
足止めをくう
足留めを食う
足留めをくう

 ashidomeokuu / ashidomeoku
    あしどめをくう
(exp,v5u) to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay

Variations:
逆捩じを食う
逆ねじを食う
逆捩を食う(io)

 sakanejiokuu / sakanejioku
    さかねじをくう
(exp,v5u) (See 逆捩じ・1) to have the tables turned on one

Variations:
面食らう
面喰らう
面くらう(sK)
面喰う(sK)
面食う(sK)

 menkurau
    めんくらう
(v5u,vi) to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
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