Word details

抹殺

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 抹殺.

Dictionary

Entry

抹殺っさつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #11837
1

erasure; obliteration

Examples
なぜその政治家は大多数の意見を抹殺しようとするのか。
Why is the politician trying to kill off the opinions of the majority?
2

denial; ignoring (an opinion)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

rub, paint, erase

8 strokesFrequency 2,006JLPT N1Grade 8

On

マツ

kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

10 strokesFrequency 581JLPT N2Grade 5

On

サツサイセツ

Kun

ころ.す-ごろ.しそ.ぐあや.める

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