Meaning
(kokuji) · drink · eat · receive (a blow)
Kun'yomi
く.う · く.らう
Common compounds (11)
- 喰いもの くいものfood; foodstuff
- 喰らいつく くらいつくto bite at; to snap at; to nibble
- 啖う くうto consume time and-or resources
- 喰べる たべるto eat
- 出くわす でくわすto happen to meet; to come across
- 喰らう くらうto receive (e.g. a blow)
- 虫喰い ムシクイholes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.
- 伯楽 はくらくcattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
- 面くらう めんくらうto be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
- 立ち喰い たちぐいeating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
- 人喰 ひとくいcannibalism; biting (someone)