食らう

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
食
く
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
喰らう

Pronunciation

Verb

食(く)らう • (kurau) transitive godan (stem 食(く)らい (kurai), past 食(く)らった (kuratta))

  1. (vulgar) to gobble
    クソ喰(く)らえ
    kuso kurae
    eat shit!
  2. to get (something undesirable)
    アタックを喰(く)らう
    atakku o kurau
    to receive an attack
  3. to live
  4. to get exiled

Conjugation

Conjugation of "食らう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 食らわ くらわ kurawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 食らい くらい kurai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 食らう くらう kurau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 食らう くらう kurau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 食らえ くらえ kurae
Meireikei ("imperative") 食らえ くらえ kurae
Key constructions
Passive 食らわれる くらわれる kurawareru
Causative 食らわせる
食らわす 		くらわせる
くらわす 		kurawaseru
kurawasu
Potential 食らえる くらえる kuraeru
Volitional 食らおう くらおう kuraō
Negative 食らわない くらわない kurawanai
Negative continuative 食らわず くらわず kurawazu
Formal 食らいます くらいます kuraimasu
Perfective 食らった くらった kuratta
Conjunctive 食らって くらって kuratte
Hypothetical conditional 食らえば くらえば kuraeba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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