飯が食えない

めしがくえない

cannot make a living

食える

to be tasty; to be worth eating; to be worth trying

食べ応え

たべごたえ

substantiality (of a meal), fillingness, solidity

糞食らえ

eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!

食い

くい

eating

食い足りない

くいたりない

not eating enough

糞を食らえ

くそをくらえ

eat shit!, fuck off!, fuck you!

くそ食らえ

くそくらえ

fuck off!, eat shit, up yours!, up your arse (ass), (that's a) load of rubbish, nonsense!, to hell with it, codswallop

堪えない

たえない

unable to suppress one's emotions

争えない

あらそえない

indisputable, undeniable, unmistakable

冴えない

さえない

dark, dull, sullen

えいえい

heave-ho

利食い

りぐい

profit-taking

犬食い

いぬぐい いぬくい

eating like a dog, sloppy eating

薬食い

くすりぐい

winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

居食い

いぐい

living in idleness

面食い

めんくい

attracted by physical looks only

共食い

ともぐい

cannibalism (in animals), mutual destruction, internecine struggle, eating each other, damaging each other

早食い

はやぐい

eating quickly, speed-eating