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jmdict 1400400 Active (id: 2289448)
巣食う [ateji] 巣くう [news2,nf46] 巣喰う [sK]
すくう [news2,nf46]
1. [v5u,vi]
▶ to build a nest
▶ to nest
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2521440 巣をくう【すをくう】 1. to build a nest; to nest
2. [v5u,vi]
▶ to hang out (of a bad group)
▶ to be based (in)
▶ to haunt
3. [v5u,vi]
▶ to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.)
▶ to be planted
▶ to luck (in one's heart)

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2024-01-21 21:36:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2024-01-21 21:31:39  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, daij, meikyo
  Comments:
Added sense.
  Diff:
@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss>to build (a nest)</gloss>
+<gloss>to build a nest</gloss>
@@ -31,2 +31,10 @@
-<gloss>to hang out (somewhere)</gloss>
-<gloss>to haunt (a place)</gloss>
+<gloss>to hang out (of a bad group)</gloss>
+<gloss>to be based (in)</gloss>
+<gloss>to haunt</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to be planted</gloss>
+<gloss>to luck (in one's heart)</gloss>
7. A* 2024-01-21 14:11:12  penname01
  Refs:
saito

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 巣食う │ 54,410 │ 58.5% │
│ 巣くう │ 35,002 │ 37.6% │
│ 巣喰う │  3,648 │  3.9% │
╰─ーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>巣喰う</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
6. A 2022-10-02 10:30:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
May as well drop the gloss; the other two make it clear enough.
  Diff:
@@ -29 +28,0 @@
-<gloss>to reside in (a bad group, e.g. a gang)</gloss>
5. A* 2022-09-20 13:12:37  Marcus Richert
  Comments:
I think the intended meaning is not "to reside in a bad group" but for a bad group to reside somewhere?
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