親殺し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
親 殺
おや
Grade: 2 		ころ > ごろ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
親殺し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 親(おや) (oya, “parent”) + 殺(ころ)し (koroshi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺(ころ)す (korosu, “kill”). The koroshi changes to goroshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).).

Pronunciation

Noun

親(おや)殺(ごろ)し • (oyagoroshi) 

  1. killing of parent(s)
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