虐殺

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See also: 虐杀

Chinese

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

虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ) • (gyakusatsu) 

  1. massacre, slaughter
    クメール・ルージュは自(じ)国民(こくみん)に対(　たい)して虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)を行(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

虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)する • (gyakusatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)し (gyakusatsu shi), past 虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)した (gyakusatsu shita))

  1. to massacre

Conjugation

Conjugation of "虐殺する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 虐殺し ぎゃくさつし gyakusatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 虐殺し ぎゃくさつし gyakusatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 虐殺する ぎゃくさつする gyakusatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 虐殺する ぎゃくさつする gyakusatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 虐殺すれ ぎゃくさつすれ gyakusatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 虐殺せよ¹
虐殺しろ² 		ぎゃくさつせよ¹
ぎゃくさつしろ² 		gyakusatsu seyo¹
gyakusatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 虐殺される ぎゃくさつされる gyakusatsu sareru
Causative 虐殺させる
虐殺さす 		ぎゃくさつさせる
ぎゃくさつさす 		gyakusatsu saseru
gyakusatsu sasu
Potential 虐殺できる ぎゃくさつできる gyakusatsu dekiru
Volitional 虐殺しよう ぎゃくさつしよう gyakusatsu shiyō
Negative 虐殺しない ぎゃくさつしない gyakusatsu shinai
Negative continuative 虐殺せず ぎゃくさつせず gyakusatsu sezu
Formal 虐殺します ぎゃくさつします gyakusatsu shimasu
Perfective 虐殺した ぎゃくさつした gyakusatsu shita
Conjunctive 虐殺して ぎゃくさつして gyakusatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 虐殺すれば ぎゃくさつすれば gyakusatsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
虐殺

Noun

虐殺 • (haksal) (hangeul 학살)

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