Illustration: In a small apartment living room, police restrain an assailant who has just released a blood-marked kitchen knife onto the floor. Nearby, a doctor kneels beside a motionless adult with a small bloodstain on the chest, then solemnly begins drawing a sheet over the face.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

殺さつ害がい

satsugai

to kill, to murder

Example sentences

  1. 殺害さつがいの動機どうきは明あきらかではない。

    The motive for the murder is not yet known.

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  2. ７名めいの警察官けいさつかんが殺害さつがいされた。

    Seven policemen were killed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 警察けいさつは少女しょうじょを殺害さつがいした男おとこを逮捕たいほした。

    The police arrested the man who had murdered the girl.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 殺害

  • 殺kill; murderOnサツ・サイ・セツKunころす・そぐ・あやめる
  • 害harm; injuryOnガイ

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