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Meanings

  • Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb, male term or language
    1. to eat
  • Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb
    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
  • Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb, colloquial
    8. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
  • Godan verb with 'u' ending, transitive verb, male term or language, vulgar
    9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

Readings

食う
(88%)
喰う
(8%)
くう
(3%)
啖う
(<0.1%)
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