Word details

暗殺

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

Dictionary

Entry

暗殺んさつNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #8231
1

assassination

Examples
そのヤクザ達は対立するヤクザの親分を暗殺する計画の仲間に彼を入れた。
The gangsters let him in on their plan to knock off a rival gang leader.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

13 strokesFrequency 1,040JLPT N3Grade 3

On

アン

Kun

くら.いくら.むくれ.る

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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