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食くう

N3
くう kuu
  1. (male) (vulgar) to eat
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

吃;消耗

Examples

  • この事じ業ぎょうは金かねを食くう。
    This job eats money.
    这个项目很费钱。
  • お腹なかを空すかせたその男おとこは、食しょく物もつをむさぼり食くった。
    The starving man devoured the food.
    那个饥饿的男人狼吞虎咽地吃东西。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('291125be1d'); // 食う
{
  "id": "291125be1d",
  "word": "食う",
  "reading": "くう",
  "romaji": "kuu",
  "meanings": [
    "(male) (vulgar) to eat"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1592100,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "この事業は金を食う。",
      "furigana": "この{事業|じぎょう}は{金|かね}を{食|く}う。",
      "en": "This job eats money.",
      "tatoeba_id": 221667
    },
    {
      "ja": "お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。",
      "furigana": "お{腹|なか}を{空|す}かせたその{男|おとこ}は、{食物|しょくもつ}をむさぼり{食|く}った。",
      "en": "The starving man devoured the food.",
      "tatoeba_id": 226677
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5f94c67dd39cff4aa7858a37e71d3f72c6a109ac8f1c5ff610fc70e6b49c9ee2",
    "meanings": [
      "吃",
      "消耗"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "この事業は金を食う。",
        "zh": "这个项目很费钱。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。",
        "zh": "那个饥饿的男人狼吞虎咽地吃东西。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/291125be1d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1592100; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "93d2dc09727360c2afffb43bbc11a7b93398542ba018d5cfdcaa4c1746b3498d"
  }
}