食う
N3くう kuu
- (male) (vulgar) to eat
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
吃;消耗
Examples
- この事業は金を食う。This job eats money.这个项目很费钱。
- 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.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"
}
}