Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う)
1. たべる。食物を摂取する。
2. 生活していく。暮らす。
3. 虫などが刺す。かむ。
4. 時間や労力、金銭、エネルギーなどがかかる。
5. 攻撃・被害などを受ける。くらう。
6. 他者の売上や利益、シェアなどを奪い取る。
7. 強敵を負かす。
8. 主役などの存在感をしのぐほど目立って活躍する。顔色をなさしめる。
9. 性的関係に持ち込む。
Kanji used
eat
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (39 in total)
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
① 鳥などが巣を作り、そこに住む。② 望ましくないものが住み着く。
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged
to be deceived
to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
to depend on somebody for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain
to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income
to have the tables turned on one
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed
to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
to have the tables turned on one
untroubled; unworried; unaffected
untroubled; unworried; unaffected
too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man
don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); (lit.) if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
to be scolded (mainly used theatrically)
to beat a grand champion
Examples (8 in total)
I haven't eaten anything since yesterday.
I'll eat you someday.
He ate breakfast alone.