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くさいめしをくう【臭い飯を食う】

kusai meshi wo kuu

Definition

Expression

  1. To do time in prison; to serve time (in prison)

Etymology

The expression literally means "to eat foul food" and refers to the fact that prisons in Japan used to serve rice with boiled barley, which had a distinctive foul odour.

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OrthographyForm
Kanji臭い飯を食う
Kanaくさいめしをくう
Romanizationkusai meshi wo kuu

意味:刑務所に入る

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臭い飯を食う
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, September 19). くさいめしをくう【臭い飯を食う】 : kusai meshi wo kuu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2607/kusaimeshiwokuu/.