Word Meaning 臭い飯を食う

くさいめしをくう kusaimeshi o kuu

臭い飯を食う is read as くさいめしをくう (kusaimeshi o kuu) and means to go to prison.

Meaning

English

  1. to go to prison
  2. to serve a prison term
  3. to eat foul-smelling food

Reading

Kana

くさいめしをくう

Romaji

kusaimeshi o kuu

Writing Variants

  • 臭いメシを食う くさいめしをくう kusaimeshiokuu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Proverb Rank 119674 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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冷や飯を食う

ひやめしをくう

to depend on someone for food and lodging

無駄飯食い

むだめしぐい

ne'er-do-well

冷飯食い

ひやめしぐい

someone who is received coldly

飯の食い上げ

めしのくいあげ

losing one's means of livelihood

お飯の食い上げ

おまんまのくいあげ

losing one's means of livelihood

飯が食えない

めしがくえない

cannot make a living

臭う

におう

to be fragrant

臭気

しゅうき

bad smell

臭覚

しゅうかく

the sense of smell

臭素

しゅうそ

bromine (Br)

臭み

くさみ

bad smell