喰 – Kanji details

feed on (something)

mouth

eat

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

この土と地ちの人ひとは、この川かわを、人ひと喰くい川かわと呼よんで、恐きょう怖ふしている。

The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.

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