食う (くう): (male) (vulg.) to eat — Japanese vocabulary
食う is read くう and means "(male) (vulg.) to eat". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
食う
- Reading
- くう · kuu
- Translation
- (male) (vulg.) to eat
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- くうが
Example
大型車はガソリンを食う。
おおがたしゃはガソリンをくう。
Large cars use lots of gas.
Kanji in this word
- 食 — eat, food
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