人を食う

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of +‎ +‎ 食う, literally "to eat people"

Idiom[edit]

(ひと)() (hito o kuugodan (stem (ひと)() (hito o kui), past (ひと)()った (hito o kutta))

  1. (idiomatic) to despise, to look down, to not think of others as human
    (ひと)()った態度(たいど)
    hitōkutta taido
    despicable attitude

Conjugation[edit]