Word details

殺人鬼

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 殺人鬼.

Dictionary

Entry

殺人鬼さつじんきNounFreq #13861
1

bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

Examples
彼女は殺人鬼から逃れようとして必死に走った。
She ran for her life to get away from the killer.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

殺

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
人

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

じとねひこふみ
鬼

ghost, devil

10 strokesFrequency 1,557JLPT N1Grade 8

On

キ

Kun

おにおに-

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