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殺 kanji
kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
サツサイセツ
Kun readings
ころす-ごろしそぐあやめる
Variant forms
煞殺Words with 殺
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —忙殺されるto be very busily occupied; to be swamped with work
- —政治的暗殺political assassination
- —連続殺人犯serial killer
- —無差別殺人indiscriminate killing; indiscriminate murder
- —大量殺人者mass murderer
- —電撃殺虫器electric bug killer; insectocutor; insect-o-cutor
- —首吊り自殺suicide by hanging
- —連続殺人鬼serial killer
- —殺菌消毒剤disinfectant
- —殺菌消毒器sterilizer
- —いじめ自殺suicide caused by bullying or harassment; bullying-related suicide
- —殺人予備罪crime of preparing to commit homicide
- —名誉の殺人honor killing; honour killing
- —第二級殺人second-degree murder (in US, etc. law)
- —見立て殺人mitate satsujin; murder done in a way that alludes to something such as a nursery rhyme or a legend (esp. in crime fiction)
- —快楽殺人者lust killer; lust murderer
- —超高温殺菌ultra-high-temperature processing; UHT; ultra-pasteurization
- —自殺志願者person contemplating suicide; prospective suicide; suicidal person
- —猟奇殺人犯perpetrator of a bizarre murder
- —保険金殺人murder for insurance money