くらう – Vocabulary details

くらう

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

Vulgar

1. to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back

ひたすら肉にくを食くらう。I just keep wolfing down meat.

2. to receive (e.g. a blow)

あの時ときは見み事ごとな一いち撃げきを食くらったよ。I really took a beautiful hit that time.

3. to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

そんな迷めい惑わくなことしたら、会かい社しゃから処しょ分ぶんを食くらうぞ。If you do something that inconsiderate, the company will punish you.

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

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Conjugations...Used in: 1683

Used in vocabulary (12 in total)

めんくらう

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

面めんくらう

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

肩かた透すかしをくらう

to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

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Examples (11 in total)

不ふ意い打うちをくらっちゃった。

I was caught off guard.

足あし止どめをくらってばかりだ。

I keep getting held up.

ひたすら肉にくをくらう。

I just keep wolfing down meat.

後こう頭とう部ぶに一いち撃げきをくらった。

I took a blow to the back of the head.

腹はらが減へっていたので、飯めしをくらった。

I was starving, so I wolfed down some food.

部ぶ長ちょうの雷かみなりをくらってしまった。

I got chewed out by the department head.

あの時ときは見み事ごとな一いち撃げきをくらったよ。

I really took a beautiful hit that time.

彼かの女じょは彼かれの顔かおに平ひら手て打うちをくらわせた。

She gave him a slap in the face.

そのボクサーはボディーに一いち撃げきくらった。

The boxer received a blow to the body.

銀ぎん行こう強ごう盗とうすると懲ちょう役えき１０年ねんくらうぞ。

Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.

そんな迷めい惑わくなことしたら、会かい社しゃから処しょ分ぶんをくらうぞ。

If you do something that inconsiderate, the company will punish you.

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Meanings

Alt. forms

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Used in vocabulary (12 in total)

Examples (11 in total)