| お預けを食う;御預けを食う | [おあずけをくう, oazukewokuu] (exp, v5u) to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone [Add to Longdo] |
| 一杯食う | [いっぱいくう, ippaikuu] (exp, v5u) to be deceived [Add to Longdo] |
| 横綱を食う | [よこづなをくう, yokodunawokuu] (exp, v5u) to beat a grand champion [Add to Longdo] |
| 霞を食う | [かすみをくう, kasumiwokuu] (exp, v5u) (1) to live on air; (2) (See 仙人・2) to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) [Add to Longdo] |
| 蚊の食う程 | [かのくうほど, kanokuuhodo] (n) not be worried about anything [Add to Longdo] |
| 割を食う | [わりをくう, wariwokuu] (exp, v5u) to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick [Add to Longdo] |
| 逆捩じを食う;逆ねじを食う;逆捩を食う(io) | [さかねじをくう, sakanejiwokuu] (exp, v5u) (See 逆捩じ・1) to have the tables turned on one [Add to Longdo] |
| 食う(P);喰う;啖う(oK) | [くう, kuu] (v5u, vt) (1) (male) (vulg) 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) (col) to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); (9) (male) (vulg) to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 食うや食わずの | [くうやくわずの, kuuyakuwazuno] (exp) (living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistance [Add to Longdo] |
| 粋が身を食う | [すいがみをくう, suigamiwokuu] (exp) (id) Playing the dandy ruins a man [Add to Longdo] |
| 煽りを食う | [あおりをくう, aoriwokuu] (exp, v5u) to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus [Add to Longdo] |
| 巣食う(ateji);巣くう | [すくう, sukuu] (v5u, vi) (1) to build (a nest); to nest; (2) to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere) [Add to Longdo] |
| 総すかんを食う | [そうすかんをくう, sousukanwokuu] (exp, v5u) to be hated by everyone [Add to Longdo] |
| 置いてきぼりを食う | [おいてきぼりをくう, oitekiboriwokuu] (exp, v5u) to be left behind [Add to Longdo] |
| 店立てを食う | [たなだてをくう, tanadatewokuu] (exp, v5u) to be evicted [Add to Longdo] |
| 働かざる者食うべからず;働かざるもの食うべからず | [はたらかざるものくうべからず, hatarakazarumonokuubekarazu] (exp) if man will not work, he shall not eat [Add to Longdo] |
| 同じ釜の飯を食う | [おなじかまのめしをくう, onajikamanomeshiwokuu] (exp, v5u) to have lived together; to be close friends; to eat out of the same pot [Add to Longdo] |
| 道草を食う;道草をくう | [みちくさをくう, michikusawokuu] (exp, v5u) to loiter (on the way); to waste time [Add to Longdo] |
| 背負い投げを食う;背負投げを食う | [せおいなげをくう, seoinagewokuu] (exp, v5u) to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed [Add to Longdo] |
| 飯を喰う;飯を食う | [めしをくう, meshiwokuu] (exp, v5u) to devour a meal; to have a meal [Add to Longdo] |
| 泡を食う | [あわをくう, awawokuu] (exp, v5u) to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head [Add to Longdo] |
| 冷や飯を食う | [ひやめしをくう, hiyameshiwokuu] (exp, v5u) (1) to depend on somebody for food and lodging; (2) to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓼食う虫も好き好き | [たでくうむしもすきずき, tadekuumushimosukizuki] (exp) there's no accounting for taste [Add to Longdo] |
| 貪り食う | [むさぼりくう, musaborikuu] (v5u) to devour greedily [Add to Longdo] |
