Japanese

めしをくう
Meaning: to eat a meal; to make a living
Part of Speech: Verb, Expression

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 飯を食う 飯を食わない
Polite 飯を食います 飯を食いません
Past 飯を食った 飯を食わなかった
Polite + Past 飯を食いました 飯を食いませんでした
Te-form 飯を食って 飯を食わなくて
Potential 飯を食える 飯を食えない
Passive 飯を食われる 飯を食われない
Causative 飯を食わせる 飯を食わせない
Causative + Passive 飯を食わされる 飯を食わされない
Imperative 飯を食え 飯を食うな

Example

音楽で飯を食うのは簡単ではない。
Making a living through music is not easy.

Usage Notes

A plain, colloquial expression. It can mean simply eating a meal, but with a means or field it often means earning one's living.

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