食える くえる Meanings Ichidan verb, Intransitive to be tasty; to be worth eating; to be worth trying to be able to subsist; to be able to make a living to be edible Kanji 食 eat. Read as くう. Words containing 食える 食えない (くえない) shrewd 飯が食えない (めしがくえない) cannot make a living Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists