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殺 : Kill

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Components:

kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

On 'yomi:
サツ(satsu) サイ(sai) セツ(setsu)
Kun 'yomi:
ころ.す(koro.su) -ごろ.し(goro.shi) そ.ぐ(so.gu)
Strokes:10
Radical: (79)
Usage Rating:581
JLPT:N3
old JLPT:2
Grade:4
Unicode:06bba
jis208:27-6
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殺 Usage examples

嵌め(はめころし)
はめ(はめころし)
fixed fitting
飼い(かいごろし)keeping a pet till it dies, keeping a useless person on the payroll
(いころす)to shoot a person to death
気立つ(さっきだつ)
気だつ(さっきだつ)
to be seething (with anger), to be frenzied, to be menacing, to be murderous
盛り(もりころす)to poison to death, to kill by a prescription error
叩き(たたきころす)to beat to death
鼠剤(さっそざい)rat poison
を謀る(あんさつをはかる)to plot an assassination
気勢を(きせいをそぐ)to diminish (dampen) the spirit
人狂(さつじんきょう)homicidal maniac
人犯(さつじんはん)murderer
焼身自(しょうしんじさつ)self-immolation, burning oneself to death, suicide by fire
を図る(じさつをはかる)to attempt suicide
第一級(だいいっきゅうさつじん)first-degree murder
される(ぼうさつされる)to be worked to death, to be very busily occupied
身をして仁を為す(みをころしてじんをなす)to do an act of benevolence at the sacrifice of oneself
幼児(ようじごろし)infanticide
虫もさぬ(むしもころさぬ)innocent-looking, looking as though butter would not melt in the mouth
害事件(さつがいじけん)murder case
人事件(さつじんじけん)a murder, murder case
陣師(たてし)sword fight scene choreographer
過失(かしつさつじん)negligent homicide
人現場(さつじんげんば)murder scene
政治的暗(せいじてきあんさつ)political assassination
大量虐(たいりょうぎゃくさつ)massacre, genocide
大量(たいりょうさつじん)mass killing, mass murder, bloodbath
放火(ほうかさつじん)murder-arson
連続人犯(れんぞくさつじんはん)serial killer
幼児虐(ようじぎゃくさつ)Massacre of the Innocents, episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament
(やる)to do someone in, to bump someone off
(めっさつ)obliteration, annihilation
多生(いっせつたしょう)It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many
厭世自(えんせいじさつ)killing oneself out of despair (disgust with life)
矯角(きょうかくさつぎゅう)trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process, trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing, The cure is worse than the disease
(ひっさつわざ)special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style, surefire assassination method
げる(そげる)to split, to be split, to splinter
頬のげた(ほおのそげた)hollow-cheeked
飛び降り自(とびおりじさつ)
飛降り自(とびおりじさつ)
飛降自(とびおりじさつ)
killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
(きごろし)pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them
協定(じさつきょうてい)suicide pact
処分(さつしょぶん)culling
(とさつにん)butcher, slaughterhouse worker
(いぬころし)dogcatcher, person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれをさず(きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず)Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もさず(きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず)Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
人課(さつじんか)homicide department (of a police force)
(おやごろし)parricide
踏み(ふみころす)
(ふみころす)
to trample to death, to kill underfoot
南京大虐(ナンキンだいぎゃくさつ)Nanking Massacre, Rape of Nanking
無差別(むさべつさつじん)indiscriminant killing, indiscriminate murder