貪り食う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貪	食
むさぼ Grade: S	く Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 貪り (musabori, “craving, coveting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 貪る musaboru “to crave, to covet, to be greedy for”) +‎ 食う (kuu, “eat, gobble, scarf down”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むさぼりく​う [mùsábóríkúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝsa̠bo̞ɾʲikɯ̟ᵝː]

Verb

貪(むさぼ)り食(く)う • (musaborikuu) transitive godan (stem 貪(むさぼ)り食(く)い (musaborikui), past 貪(むさぼ)り食(く)った (musaborikutta))

1. to devour, to gobble something greedily

Conjugation

Conjugation of "貪り食う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	貪り食わ	むさぼりくわ	musaborikuwa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	貪り食い	むさぼりくい	musaborikui
Shūshikei ("terminal")	貪り食う	むさぼりくう	musaborikuu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	貪り食う	むさぼりくう	musaborikuu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	貪り食え	むさぼりくえ	musaborikue
Meireikei ("imperative")	貪り食え	むさぼりくえ	musaborikue
Key constructions
Passive	貪り食われる	むさぼりくわれる	musaborikuwareru
Causative	貪り食わせる 貪り食わす	むさぼりくわせる むさぼりくわす	musaborikuwaseru musaborikuwasu
Potential	貪り食える	むさぼりくえる	musaborikueru
Volitional	貪り食おう	むさぼりくおう	musaborikuō
Negative	貪り食わない	むさぼりくわない	musaborikuwanai
Negative continuative	貪り食わず	むさぼりくわず	musaborikuwazu
Formal	貪り食います	むさぼりくいます	musaborikuimasu
Perfective	貪り食った	むさぼりくった	musaborikutta
Conjunctive	貪り食って	むさぼりくって	musaborikutte
Hypothetical conditional	貪り食えば	むさぼりくえば	musaborikueba