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► 動詞
食う  [(1)くう]  [coll]    meaning:  consume  rank: 2
☆ このガソリンをやたらに食う ⇨ This car consumes so much gas
☆ 修理必要道具えるのに時間食ってしまった ⇨ It took a long time to get all the necessary tools before the repair

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

食う  [(1)くう]    meaning:  receive  rank: 2
☆ 待ちぼうけを食った ⇨ He got stood up (for a meet, date)  (☛ Receive unpleasant treatments)

食う  [(1)くう]  [coll]  [vulgar]  [男]    meaning:  sex  rank: 4
☆ おもうあの食ったのか? ⇨ Have you already eaten, fucked, that girl?  (☛ Used only from a man’s perspective)


More examples:
  • 奥底に巣食う偏見 ⇨ Prejudice that makes a nest at the deep end of the mind
  • はよく柿食うだ ⇨ The guest next door eats a lot of persimmons
  • はよく柿食うだ」は代表的早口言葉だ ⇨ “隣の客はよく柿食う客だ” is a common tongue twister
  • 朝飯は食うにならなかった ⇨ I didn’t feel like having breakfast