食 う kū
1. to eat
2. to live; to make a living; to survive
3. to bite; to sting (as insects do)
4. to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
5. to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
6. to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
7. to consume time; to consume resources
8. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
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1. Don't want to eat.; Don't want to have.
1. Looks like they're eating.; Seems like they're going to eat.
1. Eating up; I ate (it)
1. Don't eat that.; Don't you dare eat that.
1. Eat beforehand; Have eaten
1. Don't have to eat.; Not necessary to eat.
1. Please don't eat.; Don't eat.
1. Seems like; Looks like
1. Seems to eat; Apparently eats
1. They say (he/she/it) ate it.; I heard (he/she/it) ate it.
1. Apparently ate; Seemingly ate
1. To be fed; To be allowed to eat