Feed
Animal Food, Bait
noun
The kanji and the word are exactly the same, so this means feed, animal food, or bait.
餌 refers to food given to animals, like pet food or bait used in fishing. It can also be used figuratively to describe tempting a person with money or benefits — "bait" used to lure them in.
This word is also commonly written in katakana as エサ.
This word is made up of a single kanji, so it uses the kun'yomi reading. Thankfully, that's the reading you already learned!
餌をあげる
to give an animal food
餌をやる
to give an animal food
餌を食べる
to eat feed
餌をもらう
to receive feed
どのくらいのペースで魚に餌をあげるの？
How often do you feed the fish?
明日は犬の餌を買いに行く予定です。
I'm planning to go buy dog food tomorrow.
ウェットの餌もあるけど、うちの猫はドライの餌の方が好きなんだよね。
We have wet food too, but our cat prefers dry food.
あの会社は、無料を餌にして個人情報を集めています。
That company uses free stuff as bait to collect personal information.