食う

Meaning

1. v5uvt
   to eat
2. v5uvt
   to live; to make a living; to survive
3. v5uvt
   to bite; to sting (as insects do)
4. v5uvt
   to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
5. v5uvt
   to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
6. v5uvt
   to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
7. v5uvt
   to consume time; to consume resources
8. v5uvt
   to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
9. v5uvt
   to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

Example sentences

• 「そうか。やはり私のほうが年を食ってる。私は今年で２０うんたら才だ」「いや、わかんねーよ」

  "Oh? Then, as I expected, I've been around longer than you. This year I'm 20-mumble years old." "What does that tell me?"

• 蓼食う虫も好き好き。

  There is no accounting for tastes.

• 犬が腕時計と扇子を食った。

  The dog ate a watch and a Japanese fan.