Japanese DictionaryDefinition of くう
- (v5u, vt) to eat
- to live; to make a living; to survive
- to bite; to sting (as insects do)
- to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
- to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
- to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
- to consume time and-or resources
この事業は金を食う。
This job eats money. - to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
- to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
