食くえる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

tasty; worth eating; worth trying

Describes food or drink that is good enough to eat; often used in casual speech to say something is surprisingly good or acceptable.

• このラーメン、意い外がいと食くえるね。

  This ramen is surprisingly good, isn't it?

• あの店みせの料りょう理りは見みた目めは悪わるいけど、食くえるよ。

  The food at that place looks bad, but it's worth eating.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

able to make a living; able to subsist

Used when someone can earn enough to live on, often in expressions like 食えるだけの収入 or 食える仕事.

• フリーランスでもなんとか食くえている。

  Even as a freelancer, I'm managing to make a living.

• この仕し事ごとだけで何なんとか食くえる。

  I can somehow make a living from this job alone.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

edible

Simply means something can be eaten, without comment on taste. Often used in negative form 食えない to mean inedible.

• このキノコは食くえるのか？

  Is this mushroom edible?

• 腐くさったものは食くえない。

  You can't eat spoiled food.