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食う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
食う
BOOST
Reading
:
くう
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. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) (colloquialism)
9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time (male term or language; vulgar expression or word)
My mastery:
My current mastery of 食う:
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 149,375 which gives a rank of 816
食う is the most useful form.
3 additional
forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 42,000
(about 12,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary
(see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3129
(see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9098
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 in the EDICT word frequency file
(bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Useful expressions:
なに
く
食
わぬかお
顔
innocent look; nonchalant lookく
食
うやく
食
わず (living) from hand to mouth
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くう
BOOST
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000
(about 8,090,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9581
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 in the EDICT word frequency file
(bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
喰う
BOOST
Reading
:
くう
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 90,000
(about 2,510,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10146
啖う
BOOST
Reading
:
くう
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 230,000
(about 75,700 results)
More info:
More dictionaries:
Tangorin ⇗ |
jisho.org ⇗ |
Linguee ⇗ |
ALC / 英辞郎 ⇗ |
Weblio ⇗ |
Weblio (例) ⇗ |
Goo 辞書 ⇗ |
YouGlish JA ⇗ |
語源由来辞典 ⇗ |
Reverso ⇗
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