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    3. 見殺し

    見殺し

    見み殺ごろし​

    letting (someone) die without helping

    KMT9News #32+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    みごろし

    Noun

    1.
    letting (someone) die without helping

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    困こまっている人ひとを、見み殺ごろしにはできない。

    I cannot just stand by and let someone in trouble die.

    KMT5Emotions & Psychology
    仲なか間まを見み殺ごろしにするような行こう為いは許ゆるされない。

    Actions like abandoning one's comrades to die are unforgivable.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは友ゆう人じんが苦くるしんでいるのを見み殺ごろしにせず、手てを差さし伸のべた。

    He didn't abandon his suffering friend but extended a helping hand.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    災さい害がい時じ、政せい府ふが見み殺ごろしにしたと批ひ判はんされるケースもある。

    In times of disaster, there are cases where the government is criticized for abandoning people to die.

    KMT8Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    倫りん理り的てきな観かん点てんから、見み殺ごろしは最もっとも非ひ難なんされるべき行こう為いの一ひとつだ。

    From an ethical standpoint, abandoning someone to die is one of the most reprehensible acts.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    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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