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[ひと()···]
hitodenashi
noun, na adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[ひと()··()·]
hitodenashi

Root Words:

[ひと() + で + なし]
hito + de + nashi

English Meaning(s) for 人でなし

noun, na adjective
  1. brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

Definition and Synonyms for 人でなし

Brute a cruelly rapacious person
Synonyms: ちくしょう, 人でなし, 人非人, 狼藉者, 鬼畜
Fiend a cruel wicked and inhuman person
Synonyms: 人でなし, 人非人, 大悪, 悪魔, 極悪人, 極重悪人, , , 鬼畜
Reprobate a person without moral scruples
Synonyms: 人でなし, 凶漢, 凶賊, 姦人, 悪党, 悪徒, 悪漢, 悪玉, 悪者

Meanings for each kanji in 人でなし

» person

Categories 人でなし is a member of

Disagreeable Person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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Wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law
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Attacker someone who attacks
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There is a couple of grammar points to consider:

First, consider the following sentences

私はリンゴを食べたい。
I want to eat an apple

The subject (私) is indicated by the particle は.
The direct object (リンゴ) is indicated by the particle を.

So the first part of the sentence is actually

私をたべたい
wants to eat me

人でなし from the definition above means a monster or inhuman person.
The たい form of a verb basically acts as an i-adjective, you can just put it before a noun to modify the meaning of the noun.

So when we connect them together, we get

私をたべたい人でなし
The monster who wants to eat me

#2 Posted by flint over 2 years ago, last modified at 9:31 AM

I am a bit confused on how this word can be used in a sentence if anyone could help me with it.

I saw this word on the title of anime that was recommended to me and I was mostly able to understand its meaning apart from this word.

The sentence is: 

Watashi wo tabetai, hitodenashi. 

私をたべたい人でなし

I roughly stood it to be, I want to eat -something -

so I tossed into google translate to see how close I´ve gotten and got the result "I want to eat myself" , but then upon looking at the dictionary definition of the word it didn´t seem to make sense.

Can somebody help? 

#1 Posted by SassyTeacup over 2 years ago


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