<entry id="2103097" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2849232</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>人を飲む</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ひとをのむ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5m;</pos>
<gloss>to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-05-20 20:21:28" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Opencooper</upd_name>
<upd_detl>Probably used literally more often.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>* https://skdesu.com/en/nervous-write-people-hand-swallow/
* https://hinative.com/en-US/questions/15979509
* https://www.reddit.com/r/haikyuu/comments/gma18o/hito_wo_nomu_%E4%BA%BA%E3%82%92%E9%A3%B2%E3%82%80_is_a_japanese_belief_used_to/
* https://archive.is/RjrD6 (Quora)

* http://folklore.usc.edu/eating-the-people-on-your-hand-japanese-folk-belief/

Examples in use:
* https://twitter.com/Hinako_1751114/status/1387747261837307911
* https://twitter.com/LoveLost_Mine/status/1391020218927882241
* https://twitter.com/HANGETU3/status/1388096800750329864</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-05-20 22:52:44" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>人を飲む	552 (some false positives.)</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-05-22 00:29:33" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think we should avoid "thrice" in glosses.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to write the character for "person" thrice on the hand and mimic swallowing them (to calm nerves)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-05-22 01:02:24" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>