人を食う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	食
ひと Grade: 1	く Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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

Idiom

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))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "人を食う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	人を食わ	ひとをくわ	hito o kuwa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	人を食い	ひとをくい	hito o kui
Shūshikei ("terminal")	人を食う	ひとをくう	hito o kuu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	人を食う	ひとをくう	hito o kuu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	人を食え	ひとをくえ	hito o kue
Meireikei ("imperative")	人を食え	ひとをくえ	hito o kue
Key constructions
Passive	人を食われる	ひとをくわれる	hito o kuwareru
Causative	人を食わせる人を食わす	ひとをくわせるひとをくわす	hito o kuwaseru hito o kuwasu
Potential	人を食える	ひとをくえる	hito o kueru
Volitional	人を食おう	ひとをくおう	hito o kuō
Negative	人を食わない	ひとをくわない	hito o kuwanai
Negative continuative	人を食わず	ひとをくわず	hito o kuwazu
Formal	人を食います	ひとをくいます	hito o kuimasu
Perfective	人を食った	ひとをくった	hito o kutta
Conjunctive	人を食って	ひとをくって	hito o kutte
Hypothetical conditional	人を食えば	ひとをくえば	hito o kueba

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