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    3. 虐殺

    虐殺

    虐ぎゃく殺さつ

    slaughter

    KMT6News #7+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveHistoryMilitaryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    ぎゃくさつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    slaughter, massacre

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    戦せん争そうで多おおくの人ひと々びとが虐ぎゃく殺さつされました。

    Many people were massacred in the war.

    KMT5HistoryMilitary
    その歴れき史し的てきな事じ件けんは、無む実じつの市し民みんの虐ぎゃく殺さつとして記き憶おくされています。

    That historical incident is remembered as the massacre of innocent civilians.

    KMT6HistoryPolitics & Law
    博はく物ぶつ館かんには、その虐ぎゃく殺さつに関かんする資し料りょうが展てん示じされています。

    Documents related to that massacre are exhibited in the museum.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    過か去この虐ぎゃく殺さつの悲ひ劇げきを繰くり返かえさないために、私わたしたちは歴れき史しから学まなぶべきです。

    To avoid repeating the tragedy of past massacres, we should learn from history.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    戦せん争そう犯はん罪ざいとして、民みん間かん人じんの虐ぎゃく殺さつは国こく際さい法ほうで厳きびしく禁きんじられています。

    As a war crime, the massacre of civilians is strictly prohibited by international law.

    KMT8MilitaryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    虐
    しいた.げる…(1)
    tyrannize・oppress
    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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