食らう – Vocabulary details

食くらう

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

Vulgar

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

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

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

Alt. forms

Kanji used

食

eat

Pitch accent

く

ら

う

Conjugations...Used in: 2643

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

面めん食くらう

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

肩かた透すかしを食くらう

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

大おお目め玉だまを食くらう

to get scolded severely

お預あずけを食くらう

to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

置おいてきぼりを食くらう

to be left behind

風かぜを食くらう

to make a hasty escape; to flee helter-skelter

お目め玉だまを食くらう

to get a good scolding

御お預あずけを食くらう

to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

あの声こえで蜥蜴とかげ食くらうか時鳥ほととぎす

don't judge a book by its cover

Examples (4 in total)

不ふ意い打うちを食くらっちゃった。

I was caught off guard.

彼かの女じょは彼かれの顔かおに平ひら手て打うちを食くらわせた。

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食くらった。

The boxer received a blow to the body.