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殺ころす
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
Kanji used
殺
kill
Pitch accent
こ
ろす
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Conjugations...Used in: 5285
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
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 hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to kill by burning to death
to devour; to bite to death
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to erase all trace of something
to stab to death
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to suppress one's emotions
to stab to death
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to beat to death
to strangle to death
to kick to death
to kill by running over
to haunt to death; to possess and kill
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 control one's temper
to strangle to death
curiosity killed the cat
curiosity killed the cat
to haunt to death; to possess and kill
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to starve (someone) to death
to beat to death; to kill
to starve (someone) to death
to starve (someone) to death
to kick to death
to make a cutting remark; (lit.) to kill someone with a short blade
to poison to death; to kill by a prescription error
Examples (76 in total)
Thou shalt not kill.
She killed him.
Why was she killed?
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