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Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to eat(male term)
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.
to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)(colloquialism)
9.
to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time(male term, vulgar)
Other readings:
喰う【くう】
啖う【くう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

expression, no-adjective
(living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence

Sentence results (showing 1-10 of 25 results)


いちばん
一番
あぶ
This engine consumes the most oil

This car is very economical on gas

I fear this work will take up most of my time

じぎょう
事業
かね
This job eats money

My car burns a lot of gas

いぬ
うでけい
腕時計
せん
扇子
The dog ate a watch and a Japanese fan

Devil take the hindmost

かい
機械
ひつよう
必要な
でんりょ
電力
いちわり
1割
This machine consumes 10% of all the power we use

There is no accounting for tastes

たで
むし
There is no accounting for tastes
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