みなごろし

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
皆殺し
鏖
37564 (slang)

Etymology

皆(みな) (mina, “everyone”) + 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”).).

Pronunciation

Noun

みなごろし • (minagoroshi) ←みなごろし (minagorosi)?

  1. massacre; slaughter
    敵(てき)を皆(みな)殺(ごろ)しにする
    teki o minagoroshi ni suru
    to massacre enemies

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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