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

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) ひとごろし [hìtógóróshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) ひとごろし [hìtógóróshíꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [çito̞ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

人(ひと)殺(ごろ)し • (hitogoroshi)

References

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

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