殺戮|さつりくsatsuriku[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbslaughter; massacre
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 殺戮する(さつりくする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 殺戮します(さつりくします) |
| Negative (nai) | 殺戮しない(さつりくしない) |
| polite (masen) | 殺戮しません(さつりくしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 殺戮せず・殺戮せぬ(さつりくせず・さつりくせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 殺戮した(さつりくした) |
| polite (mashita) | 殺戮しました(さつりくしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 殺戮しなかった(さつりくしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 殺戮しませんでした(さつりくしませんでした) |
| Te form | 殺戮して(さつりくして) |
| Potential | 殺戮できる(さつりくできる) |
| Passive | 殺戮される(さつりくされる) |
| Causative | 殺戮させる(さつりくさせる) |
| Causative passive | 殺戮させられる(さつりくさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 殺戮すれば(さつりくすれば) |
| tara | 殺戮したら(さつりくしたら) |
| Volitional | 殺戮しよう(さつりくしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 殺戮しましょう(さつりくしましょう) |
| Imperative | 殺戮しろ(さつりくしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym大量殺人たいりょうさつじんNeutralNeutral word for mass murder, common in news reports; usually refers to killing incidents and is plainer than 「殺戮」.
- Synonym大虐殺だいぎゃくさつWrittenWritten/formal prose for a massacre of enormous scale; more specifically than 「殺戮」, it denotes a large massacre.
- Synonym鏖殺おうさつWrittenRare word of written/formal prose for killing everyone; stresses that not a single person is spared.
- Related大量虐殺たいりょうぎゃくさつWrittenWritten/formal prose for mass slaughter or genocide; stresses the large number of victims.
- Antonym保護ほごNeutralNeutral word for protection or safeguarding; the exact opposite of 「殺戮」's cruel killing of many people.
Use 「殺戮」for cruelly killing many people; it is a written/formal word. For genocide or mass slaughter, choose 「大虐殺」or 「大量虐殺」; for a mass-killing incident in the news, 「大量殺人」. 「鏖殺」is a rare written word for killing everyone; 「保護」is the antonym.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


