Illustration: In a Japanese kitchen, an adult lifts a fly swatter from the windowsill immediately after striking a fly. Beneath it lies the visibly crushed, motionless insect with folded legs, making the fatal result clear without gore.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

殺ころす

korosu

to kill

Example sentences

おまえはオレを殺ころそうとしている。
You are trying to kill me.
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彼かれはその男おとこを殺ころした。
He killed him.
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象ぞうは猟師りょうしに殺ころされた。
The elephant was killed by the hunter.
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Kanji in 殺

殺kill; murderOnサツ・サイ・セツKunころす・そぐ・あやめる

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