を食う

to eat (something)

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phrase Common #7,017
to eat (something) 食う is a casual, often rough-sounding way to say 食べる.
JA: アメリカ人も鯨を食うのかな。
EN: I wonder if Americans eat whales too.

ネズミを食う

Eat a rat.

— 暗殺の森 (1971)

この世の誰よりも―汚れた豚を食う奴らだ!

They’re the ones who eat filthy pigs more than anyone else in the world!

— マルコムX (1992)

妙なものを食うなあ

You eat some weird stuff.

— The Wind Rises (2013)

何もかも陸にはサメがいてお前を食う

There are sharks on land everywhere, and they'll eat you.

— 海の上のピアニスト (1998)

お袋も“ブタ肉を食うな”とお前のお袋は正しい

Your mom’s right too—don’t eat pork.

— マルコムX (1992)

芋を食うほど落ちぶれたか

Have you really sunk so low that you're eating potatoes?

— 続・夕陽のガンマン (1966)

ウサギを食うのを楽しみにしてた

I was looking forward to eating rabbit.

— TAXi (1998)

同僚は何を食うと思うお前のゲロを食うんだ

What do you think my coworker is going to eat? Your puke.

— エリート・スクワッド (2007)

アメリカ人も鯨を食うのかな

I wonder if Americans eat whale too.

— The Wind Rises (2013)