殺す|ころすkorosu[0]heiban (flat)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter
   おまえはオレを殺ころそうとしている。↗

   You are trying to kill me.
2. godan verb, transitive verbto 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. godan verb, transitive verbto suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back; to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.); to hold (one's breath)
4. godan verb, transitive verb, baseballto put out (a runner)
5. godan verb, transitive verbto pawn; to put in hock

• Synonym殺害さつがいNeutralSino-Japanese noun for killing or murder, typical of news reports and legal writing; 「殺す」 is the everyday verb.
• Synonym殺生せっしょうNeutralBuddhist-flavoured word for killing living things; it can also describe cruelty, as in 「殺生な話」.
• Synonym打ち取るうちとるNeutralTo slay in battle; in baseball it also means retiring a batter.
• Synonymぶち殺すぶちころすCasualColloquial and rough, an intensified kill with strong murderous intent; mostly in threats and insults, while 「殺す」 stays neutral.
• Synonym殺めるあやめるWrittenWritten, literary word for wounding or killing; elegant and bookish, as in 「人を殺める」.
• Synonymぶっ殺すぶっころすCasualCoarse, abusive way to say kill, used in threats and cursing; the tone is extremely violent.
• Synonym殺るやるCasualUnderworld slang, written 「殺る」 and read 「やる」: to do someone in, to bump a person off.
• Related仕留めるしとめるNeutralTo bring down prey or finish off or overpower an opponent, as in 「獲物を仕留める」; the focus is on pulling it off, while 「殺す」 is the general word for killing.
• Related害するがいするWrittenWritten word meaning to injure, harm or damage; it can also mean to kill, but 「殺す」 is the more direct choice.
• Related叩き殺すたたきころすCasualTo beat to death with a stick or blows; it differs from 「殺す」 only in the manner of killing, which is by striking.
• Related打ち殺すうちころすWrittenWhen written 「打ち殺す」, it likewise means to beat someone to death; this form is uncommon in written prose.
• Related討ち果たすうちはたすWrittenTo cut down or slay an enemy in battle; carries a samurai-era flavor.
• Related討ち止めるうちとめるWrittenTo kill an enemy with a sword, spear or the like; archaic and rarely used.
• Related弑するしいするWrittenWritten word for a retainer killing his lord or a child a parent, a crime against the moral order; mainly in readings of Chinese classics. Everyday speech uses 「殺す」.
• Related害すがいすWrittenClassical form of 「害する」; rare even in writing, with the same senses of harming or killing.
• Related死なすしなすCasualColloquial: to cause someone's death, or to let them die when it might have been prevented, often with a note of self-reproach.
• Antonym生かすいかすNeutralTo let live or keep alive, and by extension to put something to good use; the opposite of the life-taking 「殺す」.
• Antonym助けるたすけるNeutralTo save, rescue or help someone; stands opposite 「殺す」.

「殺す」 is the everyday verb for killing a person or animal, and figuratively for crushing talent or suppressing a voice. For killing in news or legal writing use 「殺害」; for bringing down prey or an opponent, 「仕留める」; for literary wounding or killing, 「殺める」. Rough threats take 「ぶち殺す」 or 「ぶっ殺す」, beating to death 「叩き殺す」, slang 「殺る」; slaying in battle 「討ち果たす」 or 「打ち取る」. Killing one's lord or parent is 「弑する」, formal harm 「害する」, letting die 「死なす」, Buddhist killing 「殺生」. Antonyms: 「生かす」 to keep alive, 「助ける」 to save.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 相手あいての命いのちをなくす。生命せいめい活動かつどうを強制的きょうせいてきに停止ていしさせる。特とくに、致死ちしの結果けっかを意図いとして行おこなう場合ばあいを言ゆう。
2. みすみす死しなせる。
3. そのものの持もつ働はたらきを発揮はっきさせないようにする。だめにする。
4. 勢いきおいを弱よわめる。
5. 感情かんじょうや動作どうさを表ひょうに出でないようおしとどめる。
6. アウトにする。
7. 目めが二ふたつ以上いじょうできないようにする。
8. 悩殺のうさつする。たらしこむ。
9. コンピューター上じょうで実行じっこう中ちゅうのプロセスを強制きょうせい終了しゅうりょうさせる。
10. 電子でんし機器ききの電源でんげんを切きる。
11. （補助ほじょ動詞どうし）殺害さつがいする。
12. （補助ほじょ動詞どうし）でないようにする。
13. （補助ほじょ動詞どうし）使い尽つかいつくす。つぶす。
14. （補助ほじょ動詞どうし）能力のうりょくを発揮はっきさせる場ばに置おかない。何なんもさせない。
15. （補助ほじょ動詞どうし）相手あいてを困惑こんわくさせる。