No. 1,693 in Japanese
食える
"食える" means "to be able to eat" or "to be edible."
In a sentence
彼は毎日コンビニの弁当しか食えない。
He can only afford to eat convenience store bento every day.
The word '食える' is used here to mean 'can afford to eat' considering financial constraints.
この店の特製寿司は何皿でも食える。
I can eat as many plates of the special sushi from this shop as I want.
'食える' in this context expresses the speaker's capability or stomach capacity to eat.
もし食えるものがここにあれば、生き延びるかもしれない。
If there is anything edible here, we might survive.
In this sentence, '食える' is used to mean 'something that can be eaten or is edible'.
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