"人を食う" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Japanese]

Etymology: Compound of 人 + を + 食う, literally "to eat people" Etymology templates: {{com|ja|人|を|食う}} 人 + を + 食う Head templates: {{ja-verb|ひと を くう|type=1}} 人(ひと)を食(く)う • (hito o kuu) godan (stem 人(ひと)を食(く)い (hito o kui), past 人(ひと)を食(く)った (hito o kutta)) Forms: 人を食う [canonical] (ruby: (ひと), ()), hito o kuu [romanization], 人を食い [stem] (ruby: (ひと), ()), 人を食った [past] (ruby: (ひと), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 人を食わ [error-unrecognized-form], ひとをくわ [error-unrecognized-form], hito o kuwa [error-unrecognized-form], 人を食い [error-unrecognized-form], ひとをくい [error-unrecognized-form], hito o kui [error-unrecognized-form], 人を食う [error-unrecognized-form], ひとをくう [error-unrecognized-form], hito o kuu [error-unrecognized-form], 人を食え [error-unrecognized-form], ひとをくえ [error-unrecognized-form], hito o kue [error-unrecognized-form], 人を食われる [passive], ひとをくわれる [passive], hito o kuwareru [passive], 人を食わせる [causative], 人を食わす [causative], ひとをくわせる [causative], ひとをくわす [causative], hito o kuwaseru [causative], hito o kuwasu [causative], 人を食える [potential], ひとをくえる [potential], hito o kueru [potential], 人を食おう [volitional], ひとをくおう [volitional], hito o kuō [volitional], 人を食わない [negative], ひとをくわない [negative], hito o kuwanai [negative], 人を食わず [continuative, negative], ひとをくわず [continuative, negative], hito o kuwazu [continuative, negative], 人を食います [formal], ひとをくいます [formal], hito o kuimasu [formal], 人を食った [perfective], ひとをくった [perfective], hito o kutta [perfective], 人を食って [conjunctive], ひとをくって [conjunctive], hito o kutte [conjunctive], 人を食えば [conditional, hypothetical], ひとをくえば [conditional, hypothetical], hito o kueba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (idiomatic) to despise, to look down, to not think of others as human Tags: idiomatic
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          "english": "despicable attitude",
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        "(idiomatic) to despise, to look down, to not think of others as human"
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "despicable attitude",
          "roman": "hitōkutta taido",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "く"
            ],
            [
              "態度",
              "たいど"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人を食った態度",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to despise, to look down, to not think of others as human"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "despise",
          "despise"
        ],
        [
          "look down",
          "look down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to despise, to look down, to not think of others as human"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "人を食う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 人を食う meaning in All languages combined (5.8kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "人を食う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "idiom",
  "title": "人を食う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "人を食う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "idiom",
  "title": "人を食う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "idiom",
  "title": "人を食う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "人を食う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "idiom",
  "title": "人を食う",
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}

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  "subsection": "idiom",
  "title": "人を食う",
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}

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  ],
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  "subsection": "idiom",
  "title": "人を食う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  "title": "人を食う",
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}

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