N21160/1725

斬きる

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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きる

Meanings

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)

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Example sentences

侍さむらいは敵てきを一刀いっとうで斬きった。

The samurai cut down the enemy with a single stroke.

彼かれは剣けんで相手あいての腕うでを斬きり落おとした。

He sliced off his opponent's arm with a sword.

その刺客しかくは主君しゅくんの命令めいれいで敵将てきしょうを斬きるよう命めいじられた。

The assassin was ordered by his lord to kill the enemy general.

武士ぶしはたとえ親友しんゆうであっても裏切うらぎり者ものを斬きらなければならなかった。

A samurai had to cut down traitors, even if they were close friends.

幕末ばくまつの動乱期どうらんきにおいて、多おおくの志士ししが刀かたなで斬きられ命いのちを落おとした。

During the turbulent period at the end of the Edo era, many patriots were cut down by swords and lost their lives.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)