冷や飯を食う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 冷や飯を食う | 冷や飯を食わない |
| Polite | 冷や飯を食います | 冷や飯を食いません |
| Past polite | 冷や飯を食いました | 冷や飯を食いませんでした |
| Past | 冷や飯を食った | 冷や飯を食わなかった |
| Te-form | 冷や飯を食って | 冷や飯を食わないで |
| Desire | 冷や飯を食いたい | 冷や飯を食いたくない |
| Potential | 冷や飯を食える | 冷や飯を食えない |
| Passive | 冷や飯を食われる | 冷や飯を食われない |
| Causative | 冷や飯を食わせる | 冷や飯を食わせない |
| Causative passive | 冷や飯を食わせられるalso 冷や飯を食わされる | 冷や飯を食わせられないalso 冷や飯を食わされない |
| Volitional | 冷や飯を食おう | |
| Polite volitional | 冷や飯を食いましょう | |
| Imperative | 冷や飯を食え | 冷や飯を食うな |
| Conditional | 冷や飯を食えば | 冷や飯を食わなければ |
| Tara conditional | 冷や飯を食ったら | 冷や飯を食わなかったら |
depend on someone for food and lodging
Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to eat cold rice', implying living off someone else's hospitality, often with a sense of being a burden or in a dependent position.
While unemployed, I depended on my older brother for food and lodging.
be treated coldly; be kept in a low position
Figurative extension of the 'cold rice' image: being given the cold shoulder, treated as unimportant, or kept in a subordinate role within a group or organization.
He has been kept in a low position at the company for many years.