cannibalism; biting a person
Refers to the act of eating human flesh or biting someone. Often used in compound nouns like 人食い人種 (cannibal tribe) or 人食いザメ (man-eating shark).
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
man-eating; cannibalistic
Used attributively to describe animals, monsters, or things that eat or attack humans. Common in expressions like 人食い虎 (man-eating tiger) or 人食い鮫 (man-eating shark).
A man-eating tiger attacked the village.
It is said that the island once had a custom of cannibalism.
An infection caused by flesh-eating bacteria was reported.
その映画には人食い植物が登場する。
A man-eating plant appears in that movie.
Standard kanji spelling; high news frequency.
Variant using 喰 (eat); less common but seen in fiction or emphatic contexts.
Irregular okurigana usage; mostly in older or stylized texts.
Compound of 人 (ひと, person) and 食い (くい, eating), the continuative form of 食う (くう, to eat).