人殺し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 殺
ひと
Grade: 1
ころ > ごろ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
人殺し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

人(ひと) (hito, “person”) + 殺(ころ)し (koroshi, “killing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺(ころ)す (korosu, “to kill”).).

Pronunciation

Noun

人(ひと)殺(ごろ)し • (hitogoroshi) 

  1. murder
  2. murderer

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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