| Word | Reading | Meaning |
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| 喰う | くう | 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; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time |
| 喰らう | くらう | to eat, to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow) |
| 漆喰 | しっくい | mortar, plaster, stucco |
| 面喰らう | めんくらう | to be confused (bewildered, taken aback) |
| 馬喰 | ばくろう, はくらく | cattle or horse trader, good judge of horses or cattle |
| 虫喰い | むしくい | worm-eaten; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus) |
| 一口喰う | ひとくちくう | to have a munch, to take a bite |
| 飯を喰う | めしをくう | to devour a meal, to have a meal |
| 電喰 | でんしょく | electrolytic corrosion |
| 稲根喰葉虫 | いねねくいはむし, イネネクイハムシ | Donacia provostii (species of leaf beetle) |
