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    3. 暗殺

    暗殺

    暗あん殺さつ

    assassination

    N1KMT6News #7+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab23 strokes

    あんさつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    assassination

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    彼かれは暗あん殺さつされたと言いわれています。

    It is said that he was assassinated.

    KMT5Politics & LawHistory
    歴れき史し上じょう、多おおくの政せい治じ家かが暗あん殺さつの標ひょう的てきとなってきた。

    Throughout history, many politicians have become targets of assassination.

    KMT6Politics & LawHistory
    独どく裁さい者しゃは、反はん対たい勢せい力りょくによる暗あん殺さつを常つねに恐おそれていた。

    The dictator constantly feared assassination by opposing forces.

    KMT6Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    映えい画がでは、スパイが敵てき国こくの要よう人じんを暗あん殺さつする任にん務むを負おっていた。

    In the movie, the spy was tasked with assassinating an important figure in the enemy country.

    KMT6Politics & LawMusic & EntertainmentMilitary
    その暗あん殺さつ事じ件けんは、国こっ家か間かんの緊きん張ちょうを一いっ気きに高たかめる結けっ果かとなった。

    That assassination incident resulted in a sudden escalation of tensions between nations.

    KMT7Politics & LawHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    暗
    くら.い・くら.む・くれ.る…(1)
    darkness・disappear・shade・informal・grow dark…(1)
    殺
    ころ.す・-ごろ.し・そ.ぐ・あや.める…(3)
    kill・murder・butcher・slice off・split…(3)
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