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    3. 殺し

    殺し

    殺ころし​

    murder

    KMT6News #10+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ころし

    Noun

    1.
    murder, killing, murderer

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    彼かれは殺ころしの罪つみで逮たい捕ほされた。

    He was arrested for the crime of murder.

    KMT5Politics & Law
    その事じ件けんは計けい画かく的てきな殺ころしだった。

    That incident was a premeditated murder.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    戦せん争そうでは、殺ころし合あいが日にち常じょうとなる。

    In war, mutual killing becomes commonplace.

    KMT6MilitaryPolitics & Law
    彼かれは殺ころし屋やとして裏うら社しゃ会かいで知しられていた。

    He was known in the underworld as a hitman.

    KMT7Politics & Law
    政せい治じ的てきな動どう機きによる殺ころしは許ゆるされない。

    Murder motivated by political reasons is unforgivable.

    KMT7Politics & Law

    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
    し
    shi
    Kana
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