► 動詞
食べる [(2)たべる] meaning: eat rank: 1
☆ 今日は余り食べる気がしない ⇨ I don’t want to eat much, don’t have appetite, today
☆ あの赤ちゃんは食べちゃいたいほど可愛い ⇨ That baby is so cute that I want to eat her (☛ It is a common expression of endearment, and doesn’t mean to harm by any means)
食う [(1)くう] [coll] meaning: consume rank: 2
☆ この車はガソリンをやたらに食う ⇨ This car consumes so much gas
☆ 修理の前に必要な道具を揃えるのに時間を食ってしまった ⇨ It took a long time to get all the necessary tools before the repair
食い違う [(4)くいちがう] meaning: contradict rank: 2
☆ 二つの証言は食い違った ⇨ The two testimonies contradicted
食い込む [(3)くいこむ] meaning: dig rank: 2
☆ ブラの肩紐が肩に食い込んで痛い ⇨ My bra straps dig into my shoulders and it hurts
食う [(1)くう] [coll] [contempt] [男] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ あいつは食うばっかりで仕事はしない ⇨ He only eats and doesn’t work
食う [(1)くう] [coll] [vulgar] [男] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ なんか美味いもんが食いたいな ⇨ I wanna eat something delicious
食み出す [(3)はみだす] meaning: fit rank: 2
☆ 彼女のパンツの腰から贅肉がはみ出ている ⇨ Her fat extends over her pants waist. She has a muffin top
食み出る [(3)はみでる] meaning: fit rank: 2
☆ 彼女はパンツの腰から肉がはみ出ている ⇨ She has excess fat extending, a muffin top, at the pants waist
☆ 社会からはみ出た者達 ⇨ People who do not fit in the society
食う [(1)くう] meaning: receive rank: 2
☆ 彼は待ちぼうけを食った ⇨ He got stood up (for a meet, date) (☛ Receive unpleasant treatments)
食い止める [(4)くいとめる] meaning: stop rank: 2
☆ 私達は何とか被害を最小限に食い止めた ⇨ We somehow managed to keep the damage to a minimum (☛ Stop loss, damage, etc. from getting worse)
食わす [(2)くわす] [coll] [peer] [男] meaning: feed rank: 3
☆ この仕事だけでは女房子供を食わすことは出来ない ⇨ I can’t feed my wife and children with this job only
食らわす [くらわす] [coll] meaning: give rank: 3
☆ 彼女は彼にビンタを食らわせた ⇨ She dealt him with a face slap
食って掛かる [(5)くってかかる] meaning: talk rank: 3
☆ 彼女は彼に食って掛かった ⇨ She snarled into his face (☛ Talk angrily into someone’s face as if biting)
食いしばる [(4)くいしばる] meaning: bite rank: 4
☆ 彼は歯を食いしばって痛みに耐えた ⇨ He clenched his teeth and endured the pain
食い千切る [(4)くいちぎる] meaning: bite rank: 4
☆ 鮫が彼の腕を食いちぎった ⇨ A shark bit off his arm
食らい付く [(4)くらいつく] meaning: bite rank: 4
☆ あの新聞記者は話に一度食らいついたら絶対に放さない ⇨ The journalist once sinks his teeth into a story he never lets go (☛ Often used figuratively for dogged tenacity)
食い入る [(3)くいいる] [食い入るように] meaning: bite rank: 4
☆ 彼はテレビの画面を食い入るように見つめた ⇨ He watched TV screen intently as if to bite into it
食い散らす [(4)くいちらす] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 犬がしまってあった餌を食い散らした ⇨ My dog ate the stored dog food and made a mess
食える [(2)くえる] [coll] [vulgar] [男] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ これは不味くてとても食えない ⇨ This tastes too bad to eat
食い荒らす [(4)くいあらす] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ カラスが米を食い荒らした ⇨ Crows ate and damaged rice (in the field) (☛ Eat something as a pest)
食い逃げ [くいにげ] [食い逃げする] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は屋台で食い逃げした ⇨ He ate at a food stand and ran without paying (☛ Eat at a restaurant and run without paying)
食い繋ぐ [(4)くいつなぐ] meaning: live rank: 4
☆ 彼は色々なアルバイトをして食いつないでいる ⇨ He is doing various part-time jobs and making a living (☛ Literally means “manage to have another meal”)
食われる [(3)くわれる] meaning: overwhelm rank: 4
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食い下がる [(4)くいさがる] meaning: persist rank: 4
☆ 彼は駄目だと言われてもどこまでも食い下がった ⇨ He was told no, but he didn’t back down and insisted (☛ Literally means to bite on something and won’t let go. Persist in argument)
食いっぱぐれる [(6)くいっぱぐれる] meaning: poor rank: 4
☆ 彼は医者だから食いっぱぐれることは絶対にない ⇨ He is a doctor, so he will never be too poor to eat
食らい込む [(4)くらいこむ] [coll] meaning: prison rank: 4
☆ 彼は懲役二十年の刑を食らい込んだ ⇨ He got a 20-year prison sentence
食う [(1)くう] [coll] [vulgar] [男] meaning: sex rank: 4
☆ お前もうあの娘を食ったのか？ ⇨ Have you already eaten, fucked, that girl? (☛ Used only from a man’s perspective)
食い潰す [(4)くいつぶす] meaning: waste rank: 4
☆ 彼は家の財産を食い潰した ⇨ He ate away, squandered, his family fortune
食い詰める [(4)くいつめる] meaning: broke rank: 5
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食する [(3)しょくする] meaning: eat rank: 5
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食む [(1)はむ] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 5
☆ 牛が草を食んでいる ⇨ Cows are eating grass
► 名詞
食べ物 [(3)たべもの] meaning: food rank: 1
☆ 食べ物を粗末にするな ⇨ Don’t waste food
食い違い [くいちがい] meaning: contradict rank: 2
☆ 証言に食い違いがある ⇨ There are contradictions among the testimonies
食 [しょく] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ 豊かな食の文化 ⇨ Rich eating, food, culture
食 [しょく] [食が細い] [liter] meaning: eat rank: 2
☆ うちの子供は食が細い ⇨ My child doesn’t eat much
食い物 [(3)くいもの] [coll] [vulgar] [男] meaning: food rank: 2
☆ 何か食い物ある？ ⇨ Is there anything to eat?
食わず嫌い [(4)くわずぎらい] meaning: prejudice rank: 3
☆ 寿司が嫌いという人は食わず嫌いが多い ⇨ Many of those who say they don’t like sushi have never actually tried some (☛ Have a negative opinion without ever actually trying it oneself)
食い物 [(3)くいもの] [食い物にする] [coll] meaning: prey rank: 3
☆ 老人を食い物にしている商売 ⇨ Businesses that are preying on old people
食い気 [くいけ] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は色気より食い気だ ⇨ He is like appetite, food, over sex
食い意地 [くいいじ] [食い意地が張る] meaning: eat rank: 4
☆ 彼は食い意地が張っているのに痩せている ⇨ He is thin even though he is obsessed with food (☛ Try to eat as much as possible, especially when the food is free)
食い上げ [くいあげ] meaning: live rank: 4
☆ このままでは飯の食い上げだ ⇨ We cannot eat, sustain lives, at this rate (☛ Won’t have enough to buy food)
► 接尾辞
食 [しょく] [liter] meaning: food rank: 2
☆ 非常食 ⇨ Emergency, survival, food
食 [しょく] [liter] meaning: meal rank: 2
☆ 二食分の材料 (にしょくぶん) ⇨ The ingredients for two servings
☆ 私は一日二食しかしない ⇨ I only have two meals a day