虐殺

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See also: 虐杀

Chinese

oppressive; tyrannical to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (虐殺)
simp. (虐杀)

Pronunciation


Verb

虐殺

  1. to brutally murder
  2. to cause someone's death by maltreatment; to torture to death

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虐殺):
  • Japanese: 虐殺(ぎゃくさつ) (gyakusatsu)
  • Korean: 학살(虐殺) (haksal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎゃく
Grade: S
さつ
Grade: 5
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
虐殺 (kyūjitai)
 虐殺 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぎゃく)(さつ) (gyakusatsu

  1. massacre, slaughter
    クメール・ルージュ()国民(こくみん)( たい)して(ぎゃく)(さつ)(おこな)った
    Kumēru Rūju wa ji-kokumin ni taishite gyakusatsu o okonatta.
    The Khmer Rouge perpetrated massacres against their own citizens.

Derived terms

Verb

(ぎゃく)(さつ)する (gyakusatsu surutransitive suru (stem (ぎゃく)(さつ) (gyakusatsu shi), past (ぎゃく)(さつ)した (gyakusatsu shita))

  1. to massacre

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

虐殺 (haksal) (hangeul 학살)

  1. hanja form? of 학살 (massacre; slaughter)