ころ
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
Pitch accent
ろす
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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
Examples (76 in total)
Thou shalt not kill.
She killed him.
Why was she killed?