食くう

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

make a living; get by

Used in expressions like 食っていく or 食うや食わず to describe scraping by financially.

• フリーランスで食くっていくのは大たい変へんだ。

  It's tough to make a living as a freelancer.

• あの頃ころは食くうや食くわずの生せい活かつだった。

  Back then, we lived hand to mouth.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

bite; sting

Used for insects or animals biting/stinging; also for tools like saws biting into material.

• 蚊かに食くわれてかゆい。

  I got bitten by a mosquito and it itches.

• こののこぎりはよく食くう。

  This saw bites well.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

tease; make fun of; torment

Often used in the passive form 食われる to mean being teased or overwhelmed by someone.

• 先せん輩ぱいに食くわれてばかりいる。

  I'm always getting teased by my senior.

• 彼かれの冗じょう談だんにまんまと食くわれた。

  I totally fell for his joke.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

encroach on; eat into; consume

Describes something gradually taking over territory, market share, time, or resources.

• ネット通つう販はんが実じつ店てん舗ぽの売うり上あげを食くっている。

  Online shopping is eating into brick-and-mortar sales.

• 新しん興こう企き業ぎょうが大おお手てのシェアを食くい始はじめた。

  The startup has begun to encroach on the big company's market share.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

defeat a superior; threaten a position

Often used in sports or competition when an underdog beats a higher-ranked opponent.

• 格かく上うえの相あい手てを食くってベスト8に進しん出しゅつした。

  They beat a higher-ranked opponent and advanced to the quarterfinals.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

consume time/resources

Used when an activity takes up a lot of time, money, or effort.

• この作さ業ぎょうは思おもったより時じ間かんを食くう。

  This task takes more time than I thought.

• 大おお型がた車しゃはガソリンを食くう。

  Big cars consume a lot of gas.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

get hit with; suffer

Colloquial; used when receiving something unpleasant like a scolding, a punch, or a penalty.

• 遅ち刻こくして先せん生せいに説せっ教きょうを食くった。

  I was late and got a lecture from the teacher.

• 彼かれはパンチを食くってダウンした。

  He took a punch and went down.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

have sex with a woman

Vulgar, male-oriented slang; often implies a first-time or conquest nuance.

• あいつ、また女おんなを食くったらしい。

  That guy apparently slept with another woman.