[くう, kuu](v5u, vt) (1) (male) (vulg) to eat; (2) to live; to make a living; to survive; (3) to bite; to sting (as insects do); (4) to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; (5) to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; (6) to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; (7) to consume time and-or resources; (8) (col) to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); (9) (male) (vulg) to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time; (P)[Add to Longdo]