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    3. 殺し屋

    殺し屋

    殺ころし​屋や

    professional killer

    KMT9News #27+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ころしや

    Noun

    1.
    professional killer, hit man

    Stroke 0 / 20

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    映えい画がに殺ころし屋やが出でてきた。

    A hitman appeared in the movie.

    KMT6Music & Entertainment
    彼かれはかつて伝でん説せつの殺ころし屋やとして恐おそれられていた。

    He was once feared as a legendary hitman.

    KMT9MilitaryMusic & Entertainment
    その事じ件けんは、プロの殺ころし屋やによる犯はん行こうだと推すい測そくされている。

    The incident is presumed to be the work of a professional killer.

    KMT9Politics & Law
    彼かれは元もと特とく殊しゅ部ぶ隊たいの隊たい員いんで、殺ころし屋やとしての技ぎ術じゅつを身みにつけていた。

    He was a former special forces member and had acquired the skills of a professional killer.

    KMT9Military
    そのゲームの主しゅ人じん公こうは、裏うら社しゃ会かいで働はたらく殺ころし屋やだ。

    The protagonist of that game is a hitman working in the underworld.

    KMT9GamesAnime & Manga

    Characters that make up this word

    殺
    ころ.す・-ごろ.し・そ.ぐ・あや.める…(3)
    kill・murder・butcher・slice off・split…(3)
    Kanji
    屋
    や…(2)
    roof・house・shop・dealer・seller
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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