Vocab Info

A3 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

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

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to build a nest, to nest

    2. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

      2.

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

    3. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

      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)にツバメが巣食()っています。

      Swallows have built a nest at the eaves.

        暴力団(ぼうりょくだん)巣食()(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)巣食()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)巣食()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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