Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
Masculine
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 and-or resources
8. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
Kanji used
eat
Pitch accent
Top 800
Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
Examples (8 in total)
I haven't eaten anything since yesterday.
I'll eat you someday.
He ate breakfast alone.
This job eats money.
He got eaten by a tiger.
Role-playing video games are time consuming.
This engine consumes the most oil.
They serve terrible food at that restaurant.