食い逃げ|くいにげkuinige[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbleaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
    男おとこはレストランで食い逃くいにげした。↗
    The guy jumped his bill at the restaurant.
Conjugation
Dictionary form食い逃げする(くいにげする)
Polite (masu)食い逃げします(くいにげします)
Negative (nai)食い逃げしない(くいにげしない)
polite (masen)食い逃げしません(くいにげしません)
classical zu / nu食い逃げせず・食い逃げせぬ(くいにげせず・くいにげせぬ)
Past (ta)食い逃げした(くいにげした)
polite (mashita)食い逃げしました(くいにげしました)
Past negative (nakatta)食い逃げしなかった(くいにげしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)食い逃げしませんでした(くいにげしませんでした)
Te form食い逃げして(くいにげして)
Potential食い逃げできる(くいにげできる)
Passive食い逃げされる(くいにげされる)
Causative食い逃げさせる(くいにげさせる)
Causative passive食い逃げさせられる(くいにげさせられる)
Conditional (ba)食い逃げすれば(くいにげすれば)
tara食い逃げしたら(くいにげしたら)
Volitional食い逃げしよう(くいにげしよう)
polite (mashou)食い逃げしましょう(くいにげしましょう)
Imperative食い逃げしろ(くいにげしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related食い倒すくいたおすCasualColloquial. Eating without paying, with no nuance of slipping away like 「食い逃げ」; also means squandering one's fortune on food.
  • Related踏み倒すふみたおすCasualColloquial. Flatly refusing to pay money you owe; broader than 「食い逃げ」, covering any bill or debt, not just restaurant meals.
  • Antonym支払いしはらいNeutralNeutral. Paying money to someone; the opposite of 「食い逃げ」, where you eat and leave without paying.
  • Antonym清算せいさんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Settling accounts and clearing what is owed; the opposite of 「食い逃げ」 in the sense of bilking.

Use 「食い逃げ」 for eating at a restaurant and leaving without paying, as in 「食い逃げ犯」. For not paying money owed in general, say 「踏み倒す」; 「食い倒す」 is colloquial for eating without paying. The opposites are 「支払い」 and, in formal prose, 「清算」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 飲食店いんしょくてんで代金だいきんを払はらわずに立ち去たちさること。
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