殺害|さつがいsatsugai[0]heiban (flat)
せつがいsetsugaiokせちがいsechigaiok
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbkilling; murder
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 殺害する（さつがいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 殺害します（さつがいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 殺害しない（さつがいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 殺害しません（さつがいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 殺害せず・殺害せぬ（さつがいせず・さつがいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 殺害した（さつがいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 殺害しました（さつがいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 殺害しなかった（さつがいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 殺害しませんでした（さつがいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 殺害して（さつがいして） |
| Potential | 殺害できる（さつがいできる） |
| Passive | 殺害される（さつがいされる） |
| Causative | 殺害させる（さつがいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 殺害させられる（さつがいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 殺害すれば（さつがいすれば） |
| tara | 殺害したら（さつがいしたら） |
| Volitional | 殺害しよう（さつがいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 殺害しましょう（さつがいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 殺害しろ（さつがいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym打ち取るうちとるNeutralNeutral: killing an enemy with a weapon or defeating an opponent; in baseball, retiring a batter. 「殺害」 refers only to killing people.
- Synonym殺しころしCasualColloquial noun for a killing or murder case, also a killer; common in crime and detective stories. 「殺害」 is more formal.
- Synonym殺すころすNeutralThe most general verb: to kill people or animals, and figuratively to suppress sounds or emotions. 「殺害」 covers only killing people and is more formal.
- Synonym仕留めるしとめるNeutralNeutral: to bring down prey or an opponent, as in 「獲物を仕留める」; can also mean landing what you were after. 「殺害」 refers strictly to killing people.
- Synonym殺人さつじんNeutralNeutral: the crime of murder, mostly in 「殺人事件」 and 「殺人罪」. 「殺害」 typically appears as 「〜を殺害する」, naming the victim.
- Synonym殺生せっしょうNeutralNeutral with Buddhist overtones: killing living creatures, and by extension cruelty, as in 「殺生な話」. 「殺害」 applies only to people.
- Synonym人殺しひとごろしCasualColloquial: murder or a murderer; can be used directly to call someone a killer. 「殺害」 is the formal news and legal term.
- Synonym討ち果たすうちはたすWrittenWritten and old-fashioned: slaying or cutting down one's enemy; seen in period dramas and historical narratives, whereas 「殺害」 is the news and legal term for killing.
- Synonymぶち殺すぶちころすCasualVulgar colloquial emphasis of 「殺す」: to beat or kill someone, with a vicious tone. 「殺害」 is the formal word for killing.
- Synonym殺めるあやめるWrittenWritten and literary: to harm or kill, as in 「人を殺める」; elegant prose flavor, while 「殺害」 leans toward news and legal contexts.
- Synonym叩き殺すたたきころすCasualColloquial: beating someone to death with hands or an object; rough in tone. 「殺害」 is formal and says nothing about the method.
- Synonym討ち止めるうちとめるWrittenWritten and old-fashioned: cutting an opponent down with a sword or similar weapon; mostly in historical material. 「殺害」 is the news/legal term.
- Synonym弑するしいするWrittenWritten: the killing of one's lord or parent — an unethical act; mainly in readings of Chinese classics. 「殺害」 is a general term for killing.
- Synonymぶっ殺すぶっころすCasualVulgar colloquial: to kill or beat someone dead, with a fierce tone, typical of threats. 「殺害」 is the formal term.
- Synonym殺るやるCasualSlang: written 「殺る」, read 「やる」 — to do someone in or bump them off. 「殺害」 is the formal news/legal term.
- Synonym打ち殺すうちころすCasualThe same word as 「ぶち殺す」 above: a vulgar emphatic way to say beat to death. In formal contexts use 「殺害」.
- Related死なすしなすNeutralNeutral: to cause someone's death; also failing to save them and watching them die. 「殺害」 stresses deliberate killing.
- Antonym救護きゅうごWrittenWritten antonym: giving aid and care to the injured and sick — the opposite of 「殺害」 in taking versus saving life.
- Antonym保護ほごNeutralNeutral antonym: protecting people or things from harm — the counterpart of 「殺害」 in harming versus protecting.
Use 「殺害」 for killings in news and legal contexts, as in 「〜を殺害する」. For everyday speech the verb is 「殺す」; the crime itself is 「殺人」; hunting down prey is 「仕留める」; and as a curse use 「ぶっ殺す」. The rest are mostly archaic (「討ち果たす」, 「討ち止める」, 「弑する」), literary (「殺める」), or colloquial variants like 「ぶち殺す」, 「叩き殺す」, 「殺る」 and 「人殺し」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 人を殺すこと。
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English equivalents
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