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食べる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

食らうらうらう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.
食い物食物いもNounFreq #11248
1

food; foodstuff

Examples
彼は私の信頼を食いものにした。
He abused my confidence.
2

prey; victim

出くわすくわす出会す出交すわすIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #6483
1

to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into

Examples
我々はニューヨークで彼らに出くわした
We came upon them in New York.
食いつく食い付く食付くいつくい付く付くいつIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #7197
1

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble

2

to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to get one's teeth into; to really get into

3

to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to

4

to complain; to bicker

食い止めるくい止めるいとめTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7565
1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem; to curb; to halt

Examples
被害は最小限に食い止められた
The damage was held to a minimum.
面食らうらうんくらIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #10032
1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

Examples
ウォルターはジョンのひどい侮辱に面食らった
Walter was taken aback by John's cruel insult.
気に食わない気にくわない気にわないきにくわない~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #11246
1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

Examples
何がそんなに気にくわないのですか。
What makes you so dissatisfied?
食い下がるいさがIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #11774
1

to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to

2

to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose

3

Sumo

to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

飯を食う飯をめしをくうExpressionGodan verbFreq #14538
1

to have a meal; to eat

2

Idiomatic expression

to make a living; to earn one's bread

食らいつくらいつく食らい付くらい付くらいつIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #15395
1

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble

Examples
しかし今は、一目見て、サメがその人にくらいつくのは避けられないようだということに気づかずにはいられない。
However, I can't help noticing, at this moment, that at first glance it seems inevitable that the shark will devour the man.
2

to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

何食わぬ顔にくわぬかおNounExpressionFreq #18667
1

innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence

Examples
そのいたずらっ娘は何食わぬ顔をした。
The naughty girl assumed an air of innocence.
食いしばる食い縛るいしばい縛るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #24588
1

As 歯を〜

to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp

Examples
歯をくいしばってください。
Bite together, please.
巣食う巣くうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #26237
1

to build a nest; to nest

2

to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to haunt

Examples
嫉妬心くらい強く人間の心情に巣食う情熱はない。
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
3

to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted; to luck (in one's heart)

人食いとくいFreq #30871
1

Common noun

cannibalism; biting (someone)

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

っくいNounFreq #32020
1

mortar; plaster; stucco

虫食いしくいムシクイFreq #40629
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

worm-eaten; moth-eaten

2

Common noun

holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.

3

Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff; willow wren

面食いんくいNounFreq #48271
1

Colloquial

being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks

Examples
あの専務はまったくの面食いです。
The executive director is a real pushover for looks.
年食う歳食うとしくうExpressionGodan verbFreq #73808
1

Idiomatic expression

to grow older (than expected); to advance in age

伯楽博労くろうらく (伯楽)NounFreq #90323
1

Sensitive

cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle

たばみ酢漿草酸漿草鳩酸草酢母草カタバミNounFreq #164754
1

酢漿草/酸漿草/鳩酸草/酢母草 only; Word usually written using kana alone

creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

2

family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel

付きくっつきNounFreq #198809
1

Hanafuda

three pairs in a dealt hand (scoring combination)

男食いおとこくいおとこぐいNounFreq #201575
1

seductress; coquette; minx