食
食

eat, food

9 strokesFrequency 328JLPT N4Grade 2

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ショクジキ

Kun

く.うく.らうた.べるは.む

Nanori

ぐい

Dictionary

Common Words

食べるたべるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #184
1

to eat

Examples
もっと果物を食べるべきです。
You should eat more fruit.
2

to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

Examples
僕は脚本家で食べていく決心をした。
I am determined to make a living as a playwright.
食う喰うくう啖うTransitiveGodan verbFreq #785
1

Male

to eat

Examples
お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。
The starving man devoured the food.
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

Examples
この事業は金を食う。
This job eats money.
8

Colloquial

to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

Examples
主人に大目玉を食った。
The boss bawled me out.
9

Male; Vulgar expression or word

to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

食事しょくじNounFreq #795
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)

Examples
あなたのロボットは食事の支度、掃除、皿洗いその他の家事ができるでしょう。
Your robot will prepare meals, clean, wash dishes, and perform other household tasks.
2

diet

Examples
彼女はやせるために食事を制限した。
She went on a reducing diet.
食べ物たべものNounFreq #2521
1

food

Examples
冷蔵庫の中にたくさんの食べ物が入っていますか。
Is there much food in the refrigerator?
くっつくくっ付く食っ付くIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #2653
1

to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to

Examples
ぬれた衣装が彼女の体にくっついていた。
Wet clothes clung to her body.
2

to keep close to; to go along with

3

to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate

夕食ゆうしょくNounFreq #3234
1

evening meal; dinner

朝食ちょうしょくNounFreq #3273
1

breakfast

食堂しょくどうNounFreq #3277
1

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom

Examples
私達の家は食堂を含めて７部屋あります。
Our house has seven rooms including the dining room.
2

restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner

Examples
私は角を曲がって、開店早々の食堂を見つけた。
I turned the corner and caught sight of a newly opened restaurant.
食らう喰らうくらうTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3550
1

Vulgar expression or word

to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back

Examples
毒を食らわば皿まで。
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
2

to receive (e.g. a blow)

Examples
昔は、悪いことをすると、学校の先生から平手をくらったり拳固をもらうことが当たり前だった。
In the past it was perfectly normal to get the back of a teacher's hand or fist as punishment.
3

to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

Examples
銀行強盗すると懲役１０年食らうぞ。
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
食蝕しょくNounFreq #4082
1

Astronomy

eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.); occultation

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