親殺し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	殺
おや Grade: 2	ころ > ごろ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
親殺し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 親(おや) (oya, “parent”) + 殺(ころ)し (koroshi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺(ころ)す (korosu, “kill”). The koroshi changes to goroshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

親(おや)殺(ごろ)し • (oyagoroshi)

killing of parent(s)

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