ころす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter
He's a man who once killed a police officer.
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
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Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
to kill; to beat to death
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to devour; to bite to death
to beat to death
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to strangle to death
to boil to death; to kill by boiling
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)
to stab to death
to kill by running over
to kick to death
to torture to death; to toy with (someone) until dead; to inflict a slow and painful death
to shoot dead; to shoot to death
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
to starve (someone) to death
to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; (lit.) to straighten the horns and kill the cow
to crush with one's fingers (an insect, etc.); to kill with ease; to snuff out
to poison to death; to kill by a prescription error
to make a cutting remark; (lit.) to kill someone with a short blade
Examples (78 in total)
Why was she killed?
Thou shalt not kill.
She killed him.