見殺し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
見 殺
み
Grade: 1 		ころ > ごろ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
見殺し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 見(み) (mi, “seeing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見(み)る (miru, “to see”).) + 殺(ころ)し (koroshi, “killing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺(ころ)す (korosu, “to kill”).). The koroshi changes to goroshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

見(み)殺(ごろ)し • (migoroshi) 

  1. standing by and watching as someone dies, without offering help
  2. (figuratively) to neglect a person having difficult circumstances and not assist him or her
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