Godan Verb (u)

1. to eat

Transitive
Male Speech
なか かせたその おとこ、食物 しょくもつをむさぼり った。
onakao sukaseta sono otokowa shokumotsuo musaborigutta.
The starving man devoured the food.
Godan Verb (u)

2. to live; to make a living; to survive

Transitive
Godan Verb (u)

3. to bite; to sting (as insects do)

Transitive
Godan Verb (u)

4. to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of

Transitive
Godan Verb (u)

5. to encroach on; to eat into; to consume

Transitive
Godan Verb (u)

6. to defeat a superior; to threaten a position

Transitive
Godan Verb (u)

7. to consume time; to consume resources

Transitive
この事業 じぎょう かね う。
kono jigyōwa kin'o kū.
This job eats money.
Godan Verb (u)

8. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

Transitive
Colloquial
主人 しゅじん おう目玉 めだま った。
shujinni ōmedamao kutta.
The boss bawled me out.
Godan Verb (u)

9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

Transitive
Male Speech
Vulgar
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