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► 動詞
殺す  [ころす]    meaning:  kill  rank: 1
☆ 彼女に殺された ⇨ She was murdered by her husband  (☛ Murder with intent.)
☆ ぶっ殺すぞ、てめえ ⇨ I’m gonna fucking kill you, you shithead  (☛ Note the prefix “ぶっ” that adds a violent tone )

暗殺  [あんさつ]  [暗殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ ケネディは暗殺された ⇨ John F Kennedy was assassinated

消す  [けす]  [coll]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ 秘密警察に消された ⇨ He was killed by the secret police  (☛ Kill, especially surreptitiously)

殺害  [さつがい]  [殺害する]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ を殺害した ⇨ He murdered his wife  (☛ Criminally murder someone with intent)

始末  [(1)しまつ]  [始末する]  [coll]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ ヤクザ親分を始末しろと指令した ⇨ The leader of the mafia ordered to get rid of him  (☛ Kill someone who is inconvenient for an organization)

ぶっ殺す  [(4)ぶっころす]  [coll]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ ぶっ殺すぞ、この野郎 ⇨ I’m gonna fucking kill you, you asshole  (☛ A colloquial accentuated form of 殺す)

討つ  [(1)うつ]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 討った ⇨ He killed those who had killed his parents  (☛ Especially kill an enemy with a sword)

虐殺  [ぎゃくさつ]  [虐殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ テロリスト人質を虐殺した ⇨ The terrorists massacred the hostages  (☛ Kill brutally)

仕留める  [(3)しとめる]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ チーター獲物を仕留めた ⇨ A cheetah got the prey  (☛ Kill after a hunt and pursuit)

射殺  [しゃさつ]  [射殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 警官犯人を射殺した ⇨ The police officer shot and killed the suspect  (☛ Shoot and kill, especially in a fight)

処刑  [しょけい]  [処刑する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 反逆罪で処刑された ⇨ He was executed for treason  (☛ Kill as a legal punishment)

退治  [(1)たいじ]  [退治する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 怪物を退治した ⇨ He slayed the monster  (☛ Kill pests or something evil. Often with a dramatic effect)

殺る  [(2)やる]  [coll]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ あいつを殺れ ⇨ Kill him

殺める  [(3)あやめる]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ を殺めることは最大一つだ ⇨ Killing a person is one of the cardinal sins

討ち取る  [(3)うちとる]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 討ち取った ⇨ He killed the one who had killed his parents, avenged their death  (☛ Especially kill an enemy with a sword)

噛み殺す  [(4)かみころす]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ ピットブルを噛み殺した ⇨ A pitbull bit and killed a person  (☛ Bite and kill)

刺し殺す  [(4)さしころす]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 被害者刺殺された ⇨ The victim was stabbed to death  (☛ Stab and kill)

刺す  [(1)さす]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 走者本塁で刺した ⇨ He threw to the home plate and had the runner tagged out

殺傷  [さっしょう]  [殺傷する]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 刃物持っが五を殺傷した ⇨ A knife-wielding man killed five people  (☛ Kill by severely injuring someone)

殺戮  [さつりく]  [殺戮する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 彼等村人を殺戮した ⇨ They massacred the villagers  (☛ Kill many people brutally)

惨殺  [ざんさつ]  [惨殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 一家全員を惨殺した ⇨ He killed the entire family brutally and mercilessly  (☛ Kill cruelly)

刺殺  [しさつ]  [刺殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 被害者は刺殺された ⇨ The victim was stabbed to death  (☛ Stab and kill)

銃殺  [じゅうさつ]  [銃殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 反逆罪で銃殺された ⇨ He was shot to death for treason  (☛ Shoot and kill as a legal punishment)

成敗  [(1)せいばい]  [成敗する]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 正義味方怪物を成敗した ⇨ The righteous hero killed the monster  (☛ Originally about executing a criminal. Usually used in a dramatic way)

殺生  [(1)せっしょう]  [殺生する]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 仏教では殺生することはじられている ⇨ It is prohibited in Buddhism to kill living things  (☛ A buddhist term. Kill living things)

屠殺  [とさつ]  [屠殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ を屠殺する ⇨ Slaughter cows  (☛ Kill animal, typically for meat, in a large number)

毒殺  [どくさつ]  [毒殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 秘密工作員に毒殺された ⇨ He was poisoned to death by a secret agent

嬲り殺す  [(5)なぶりごろす]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 彼等捕虜をなぶり殺した ⇨ They tortured and killed the POW  (☛ Torture and kill)

撲殺  [ぼくさつ]  [撲殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ は撲殺された ⇨ He was beaten to death  (☛ Beat and kill)

間引く  [(2)まびく]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ しい農村では赤ん坊を間引くことは一般的だった ⇨ It used to be common to cull babies in poor farming communities in the past

焼き殺す  [(4)やきころす]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆   (☛ Burn and kill)

殴殺  [おうさつ]  [殴殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 5
☆   (☛ Kill with a blunt weapon)

斬殺  [ざんさつ]  [斬殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 5
☆   (☛ Kill with a sword)

畜殺  [ちくさつ]  [畜殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 5
☆   (☛ Slaughter animals)

誅殺  [ちゅうさつ]  [誅殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 5
☆   (☛ Kill as a legal punishment)

謀殺  [ぼうさつ]  [謀殺する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 5
☆   (☛ Conspire and kill)

► 成句
  [(1)いき]  [息の根を止める]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 彼等テロの息のめた ⇨ They killed off the terrorist group  (☛ Literally means to “stop the root of breath”. Finish off someone/something you have been trying to kill)

  [て]  [手に掛ける]  [liter]  [euphemism]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 父親らの手にけた ⇨ He killed his father with his own hands

► 名詞
暗殺  [あんさつ]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ プロの暗殺者 ⇨ A professional assassin
☆ 統領の暗殺計画 ⇨ An assassination plot for the president

殺害  [さつがい]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ 殺害事件 ⇨ A murder case  (☛ Criminally murder someone with intent)

殺人  [さつじん]  [tech]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ は殺人のいで逮捕された ⇨ He was arrested on a suspicion of murder  (☛ Murder, homicide)
☆ 殺人犯 ⇨ A murderer  (☛ Murder, homicide)

必殺  [ひっさつ]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ の必殺パンチまった ⇨ His kill punch landed squarely  (☛ Literally “sure to kill”.)

人殺し  [ひとごろし]  [coll]    meaning:  kill  rank: 2
☆ あいつは人殺しだ ⇨ He’s a murderer
☆ あいつは人殺しでまった ⇨ He was arrested for a murder  (☛ Murder, homicide)

虐殺  [ぎゃくさつ]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆   (☛ Kill brutally)

殺し屋  [ころしや]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 彼女プロの殺し屋だった ⇨ She was a professional assassin

殺気  [さっき]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ に殺気をじた ⇨ I felt a murderous intention in his eyes, he was trying to kill me

殺虫  [さっちゅう]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 殺虫剤 ⇨ Insecticide  (☛ Kill insects)

殺虫  [さっちゅう]  [殺虫する]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 高電圧で殺虫する装置 ⇨ An apparatus that kills bugs with high voltage  (☛ Kill insects)

殺意  [(1)さつい]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ あのクソ上司には時々殺意をじる ⇨ I sometimes feel an urge to kill my asshole boss

処刑  [しょけい]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 処刑台 ⇨ An execution stand. Gallows  (☛ Execution)

退治  [(1)たいじ]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 害虫退治の ⇨ Pest extermination chemicals  (☛ Kill pests or something evil)

致死  [(1)ちし]  [tech]    meaning:  kill  rank: 3
☆ 青酸カリの致死量 ⇨ The lethal dosage of cyanide
☆ 過失致死 ⇨ Manslaughter. Killing by gross negligence  (☛ Literally “cause death”)

殺し  [ころし]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
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殺戮  [さつりく]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆   (☛ Kill many people brutally)

刺客  [しきゃく]  [liter]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 大名に刺客を送った ⇨ He sent an assassin for his rival warlord  (☛ An assassin)

他殺  [たさつ]  [他殺する]  [tech]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 他殺死体 ⇨ A corpse of someone murdered  (☛ Any death by other than natural causes or suicide, but usually by murder)

血祭り  [ちまつり]  [血祭りに上げる]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 裏切を血祭りにげた ⇨ He brutally killed the traitor  (☛ Originally means to make a sacrifice of blood to the god of war)

嬲り殺し  [なぶりごろし]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 彼等捕虜をなぶり殺しにした ⇨ They tortured and killed the POW  (☛ Torture and kill)

皆殺し  [みなごろし]    meaning:  kill  rank: 4
☆ 彼等捕虜を皆殺しにした ⇨ They killed all of the POW’s  (☛ Kill everybody)