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    3. 見立て殺人

    見立て殺人

    見み立たて​殺さつ人じん

    mitate satsujin

    NTNounAnime & MangaLiteratureKanji Vocab25 strokes

    見立殺人

    みたてさつじん

    Noun

    1.
    mitate satsujin, murder done in a way that alludes to something such as a nursery rhyme or a legend (esp. in crime fiction)

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    Characters that make up this word

    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    立
    た.つ・-た.つ・た.ち-・た.てる・-た.てる・た.て-…(12)
    stand up・rise・set up・erect
    Kanji
    殺
    ころ.す・-ごろ.し・そ.ぐ・あや.める…(3)
    kill・murder・butcher・slice off・split…(3)
    Kanji
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    て
    te
    Kana
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