食らう – Vocabulary details

食くらう

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

Vulgar

1. to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back

2. to receive (e.g. a blow)

3. to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

to get scolded severely

不ふ意い打うちを食くらっちゃった。

I was caught off guard.

彼かの女じょは彼かれの顔かおに平ひら手て打うちを食くらわせた。

She gave him a slap in the face.

そのボクサーはボディーに一いち撃げき食くらった。

The boxer received a blow to the body.

銀ぎん行こう強ごう盗とうすると懲ちょう役えき１０年ねん食くらうぞ。

Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.

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