食う

くう・ kuu

Pitch accent

食う頭高型

〜ます形中高型

〜て形頭高型

〜た形頭高型

〜ない形中高型

〜なかった形中高型

〜ば形頭高型

使役形中高型

受身形中高型

命令形頭高型

可能形中高型

〜う形中高型

Meaning

To eat
To live, to make a living, to survive
To bite, to sting (as insects do)
To tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of
To encroach on, to eat into, to consume
To defeat a superior, to threaten a position
To consume time and-or resources
To receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

Level: Intermediate II

Examples

草を食う
くさをくう
Eating grass