人食い

ひとくい

Also written 人喰い, 人喰

Meanings

1. Noun cannibalism; biting (someone)
2. の-adjective man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

Kanji

• 人 person. Read as ひと.
• 食 eat. Read as くう.

Example sentences

• 三人の宣教師が人食い部族に殺され、食べられた。
  Three missionaries were killed and eaten by cannibals.

Words containing 人食い

• 人食い人種 (ひとくいじんしゅ) cannibals
• 人食いバクテリア (ひとくいバクテリア) flesh-eating bacteria
• 人食いザメ (ひとくいザメ) man-eating shark (esp. great white shark)

And 1 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists