斬 : Beheading

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Components:

beheading, kill, murder

On 'yomi:

ザン(zan) サン(san) セン(sen) ゼン(zen)

Kun 'yomi:

き.る(ki.ru)

Grade:	8

Unicode:	065ac
jis208:	27-34

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メッタ斬り(めったぎり) 滅多斬り(めったぎり) めった斬り(めったぎり)	hacking to pieces
辻斬り(つじぎり)	killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
斬り合う(きりあう)	to fight with swords, to cross swords
斬り返す(きりかえす)	to perform a twisting backward knee trip, to counterattack, to retort
斬りかかる(きりかかる) 斬り掛かる(きりかかる) 斬掛かる(きりかかる) 斬り掛る(きりかかる) 斬掛る(きりかかる)	to assault with a sword, to stab at, to slash at
斬馬刀(ざんばとう)	zanbato, a type of long sword
斬鉄剣(ざんてつけん)	sword that cuts iron