食う， 喰う， 啖う， くう
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
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「そうか。やはり私のほうが年を食ってる。私は今年で２０うんたら才だ」「いや、わかんねーよ」
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"Oh? Then, as I expected, I've been around longer than you. This year I'm 20-mumble years old." "What does that tell me?"
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蓼食う虫も好き好き。
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There is no accounting for tastes.
Tastes differ.
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犬が腕時計と扇子を食った。
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The dog ate a watch and a Japanese fan.
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腹が空いてたから食ったんだ。
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I was hungry, so I ate it.
I'm so hungry, I ate it.
I was hungry, so I ate.
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武士は食わねど高楊枝。
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A samurai, even when he has not eaten, uses a toothpick like a lord.
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不意打ちを食らった。
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I was thrown off guard.
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彼はクラブから締め出しを食っている。
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He has been barred from the club.
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遅れたやつは鬼に食われろ。
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Devil take the hindmost.
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大型車はガソリンを食う。
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Large cars use lots of gas.
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大魚は小魚を食う。
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The great fish eat the small.
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