Vocab Info
A3 う-verb (う), Intransitive verb
巣食うto build (a nest), to nest, to haunt (a place), to hang out (somewhere)
Dictionary Definition
う-verb (う), Intransitive verb
1.
to build a nest, to nest
2.
to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in), to haunt
3.
to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.), to be planted, to luck (in one's heart)
All Forms
巣食う 【すくう】、巣くう 【すくう】
Details
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Examples
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軒先にツバメが巣食っています。
Swallows have built a nest at the eaves.
暴力団が巣食う町には住みたくありません。
I don't want to live in a town where gangs haunt.
妄想が巣食っている彼女は精神病棟で生活をしている。
The delusions haunting her have led her to live in a psychiatric ward.
病魔が巣食うその幼い子の体は着実に死へと歩んでいました…。
The body of that young child, haunted by the disease, was steadily walking towards death...
この木の上の方でカラスが巣食っているので下を通らないようにしています。
Since a crow is nesting high up in this tree, I try to avoid passing underneath it.
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