表層形
喰っ
クッ
動詞
喰っ (クッ)
Ku · くっ — to eat; to live, to make a living, to survive; to bite, to sting (as insects do)
Other ways to say “to eat” in Japanese →
喰っ in rōmaji: ku.
動詞
一般
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📝 食う 🔤 五段-ワア行 📐 連用形-促音便
Updated: 2026年9月30日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
喰っ
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
食う
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| 読み (Reading) |
クッ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-ワア行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-促音便
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
喰っ
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| 読み・基本形 |
クー
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| 表記・基本形 |
喰う
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| 見出し語の読み |
クウ
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How it's used
Casual or rough slang for eating, used in manga, anime, or gritty speech; more aggressive than 食べる.
早く喰って出かけよう。
Hayaku kutte dekakeyou.
Let's eat quickly and head out.
アイツは人を喰ったような態度だ。
Aitsu wa hito o kutta you na taido da.
He has a scornful, condescending attitude.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 食べる (taberu); 喰う sounds rougher and more informal.
💡 English Meaning
喰っ means “to eat; to live, to make a living, to survive; to bite, to sting (as insects do)” — full definition & examples →
⭐ Dictionary Form
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クッ
Lemma: 食う
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
食います
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| て形 (Te-form) |
食って
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| 過去形 (Past) |
食った
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
食わない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
食いましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
食える
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
食われる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
食わせる
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Did you know · 動詞
動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (喰っ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (食う) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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