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ころす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter
2. to suppress; to block; to hamper; to destroy (e.g. talent); to eliminate (e.g. an odour); to spoil (e.g. a flavour); to kill (e.g. one's speed)
3. to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back; to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.); to hold (one's breath)
4. to put out (a runner)
5. to pawn; to put in hock
Alt. forms
殺ころす
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ころす
Pitch accent
こ
ろす
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Conjugations...Used in: 395
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to beat to death; to kill
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to devour; to bite to death
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to strangle to death
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
to stab to death
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
to kill by running over
to kick to death
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to kill by burning to death
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to erase all trace of something
to suppress one's emotions
to strangle to death
to stab to death
to beat to death
to haunt to death; to possess and kill
to control one's temper
curiosity killed the cat
curiosity killed the cat
to starve (someone) to death
to poison to death; to kill by a prescription error
to make a cutting remark; (lit.) to kill someone with a short blade
Examples (76 in total)
Thou shalt not kill.
She killed him.
Why was she killed?
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