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食くらう

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Inflections of 食らう
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くらう
くらう
Meaning
    1. ①
      to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back
      毒どくを食くらわば皿さらまで。
      As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
    2. ②
      to receive (e.g. a blow)
      昔むかしは、悪わるいことをすると、学校がっこうの先生せんせいから平手ひらてをくらったり拳固げんこをもらうことが当あたり前まえだった。
      In the past it was perfectly normal to get the back of a teacher's hand or fist as punishment.
    3. ③
      to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
      銀行強盗ぎんこうごうとうすると懲役ちょうえき１０じゅう年ねん食くらうぞ。
      Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
Kanji
食 ショク eat, food
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