Meanings

1. godan verb, transitive verbto eat
2. godan verb, transitive verbto live; to make a living; to survive
3. godan verb, transitive verbto bite; to sting (as insects do)
4. godan verb, transitive verbto tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
5. godan verb, transitive verbto encroach on; to eat into; to consume
6. godan verb, transitive verbto defeat a superior; to threaten a position

Examples

• 大魚は小魚を食う。

  The great fish eat the small.

• 不意打ちを食らった。

  I was thrown off guard.

• この事業は金を食う。

  This job eats money.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 食う

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