殺 サツ • サイ • セツ ころ.す • -ごろ.し • そ.ぐ • あや.める kill; murder; butcher; slice off; split; diminish; reduce; spoil Grade Level 5 10 Strokes ➥
殺す ころす to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter v5s vt 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) v5s vt to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back; to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.); to hold (one's breath) v5s vt to put out (a runner) v5s vt baseb to pawn; to put in hock v5s vt Beginner II ➥