めしをくう – Vocabulary details

めしをくう

Expression

Verb (5-dan, う)

1. to have a meal; to eat

腹はらが減へったから、早はやく飯めしを食くいたい。I'm hungry, so I want to eat soon.

2. to make a living; to earn one's bread

夢ゆめで飯めしを食くえるほど、現げん実じつは甘あまくないからな。Reality isn't kind enough to let you make a living from dreams.

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot

to depend on someone for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position

to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food

腹はらが減へったから、早はやくめしをくいたい。

I'm hungry, so I want to eat soon.

夢ゆめでめしをくえるほど、現げん実じつは甘あまくないからな。

Reality isn't kind enough to let you make a living from dreams.

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