Illustration: Outside a Meiji government reception, a senior official in formal Western court dress lies motionless beside the steps where attendants had been awaiting his arrival. A dropped ceremonial hat and scattered gloves mark the sudden interruption.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

暗あん殺さつ

ansatsu

assassination

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは自分じぶんを暗殺あんさつしようという陰謀いんぼうを知しらなかった。

    He was ignorant of the plot to assassinate him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらは大統領だいとうりょうの暗殺あんさつを企くわだてた。

    They attempted to assassinate the president.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 捜査員そうさいんらは暗殺あんさつ計画けいかくを摘発てきはつしました。

    Investigators uncovered an assassination plot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 暗殺

  • 暗darkness; disappearOnアンKunくらい・くらむ・くれる
  • 殺kill; murderOnサツ・サイ・セツKunころす・そぐ・あやめる

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