殺意

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さつ
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
殺意 (kyūjitai)

Noun

(さつ)() (satsui

  1. urge to kill, intent to murder
    ()ている(だん)()(さつ)()(おぼ)える
    neteiru danna ni satsui o oboeru
    feel an urge to kill husband in his sleep
    • 2019 July 19, “(しょう)6(ろく)(ちょう)(なん)()(さつ)(ちち)(おや)(ちょう)(えき)13(じゅうさん)(ねん)(はん)(けつ)…「(さつ)()(にん)(てい)”, in (よみ)(うり)(しん)(ぶん) [Yomiuri Shimbun]‎:
      ()(たけ)()(こく)(こう)(はん)で「(なん)らかの(げん)(いん)(ほう)(ちょう)()さった」などと(さつ)()()(にん)していた。
      Satake hikoku wa kōhan de “Nanraka no gen'in de hōchō ga sasatta” nado to satsui o hinin shite ita.
      The accused, Satake, denied he had the urge to kill, claiming that "the knife was stuck by some other cause".