Hiki Is Contemptous In Japanese works, the use of the counter
word for small animals instead of the one for people in order to
show contempt for the target. Needs Examples  (permanent link)
added: 2012-05-07 19:14:08 sponsor: Silverfire526 (last reply:
2012-05-31 13:35:37)  Add Tag: One of the many ways in which
Japanese differs from English is in its counting system. In
order to count anything, it's necessary to add a special
"counter word" to the end of the number. The counter for people,
for example, is "人" (pronounced "ri" or "nin")
[[hottip:*:hitori, futari, sannin, yonin, gonin, rokunin,
shichinin, hachinin, kyuunin, juunin]]. In contrast, the counter
"匹" (hiki) [[hottip:*:ippiki, nihiki, sanbiki, yonhiki, gohiki,
roppiki, nanahiki, happiki, kyuuhiki, juppiki]] is used for
small animals such as cats and dogs.  So when a character refers
to a human being or group of human beings with the counter
"hiki", it's more or less equivalent to treating that person as
an animal. This can be compared to the use of