Vocab Info

A3 う-verb (う), Intransitive verb

巣食(すく)to build (a nest), to nest, to haunt (a place), to hang out (somewhere)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (う), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to build a nest, to nest

      2. 2.

        to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in), to haunt

      3. 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】

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    Examples

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    • 軒先(のきさき)にツバメが()()っています。

      Swallows have built a nest at the eaves.

    • 暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)()()(まち)には()みたくありません。

      I don't want to live in a town where gangs haunt.

    • 妄想(もうそう)()()っている彼女(かのじょ)精神病棟(せいしんびょうとう)生活(せいかつ)をしている。

      The delusions haunting her have led her to live in a psychiatric ward.

    • 病魔(びょうま)()()その(おさな)()(からだ)着実(ちゃくじつ)()へと(あゆ)んでいました…。

      The body of that young child, haunted by the disease, was steadily walking towards death...

    • この()(うえ)(ほう)でカラスが巣食(すく)っているので(した)(とお)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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