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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

虐ぎゃく殺さつ

gyakusatsu

to massacre

Example sentences

  1. 将軍しょうぐんは捕虜全員ほりょぜんいんの虐殺ぎゃくさつを命めいじた。

    The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 捕虜ほりょを虐殺ぎゃくさつしたのは残忍ざんにんな行為こういだ。

    The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 南京大なんきんだい虐殺ぎゃくさつの直後ちょくごには自みずから南京市なんきんしに入城にゅうじょうし犠牲者追弔会ぎせいしゃついちょうかいを行おこなっている。

    Shortly after the Nanjing Massacre, he personally entered into Nanjing City and performed memorial services for the victims of the war.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 虐殺

  • 虐tyrannize; oppressOnギャクKunしいたげる
  • 殺kill; murderOnサツ・サイ・セツKunころす・そぐ・あやめる

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