人殺し

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人 殺
ひと
Grade: 1		 ころ > ごろ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
人殺し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

人(ひと) (hito, “person”) + 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
  • (Tokyo) ひとごろし [hìtógóróshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ひとごろし​ [hìtógóróshíꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çito̞ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

人(ひと)殺(ごろ)し • (hitogoroshi) 

  1. murder
  2. murderer

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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