皆殺し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皆	殺
みな Grade: S	ころ > ごろ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

皆 (みな) (mina, “everyone”) + 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) みなごろし [mìnágóróshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [mʲina̠ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

皆殺し (hiragana みなごろし, rōmaji minagoroshi)

massacre; slaughter

References

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

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