殺し屋

殺し (koroshi, “killing”, from 殺す (korosu, “to kill”)) +‎ 屋 (-ya, “commodity or service provider”)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ころしや [kòróshíyá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾo̞ɕija̠]

殺し屋 (hiragana ころしや, rōmaji koroshiya)

1. a hitman (contract killer)
   • 2010 December 8, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい三百二十訓くん　滅めっ殺さつＶＳバーサス必ひっ殺さつ [Lesson 320: Extermination VS Assassination]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     Ｔ (ティー)シャツ専 (せん)門 (もん)の殺 (ころ)し屋 (や)て何 (なん)だァァァァ‼最 (も)早 (はや)殺 (ころ)し屋 (や)でもなんでもねーよ‼ただのＴ (ティー)シャツ着 (き)たオッさんだよ‼

     Tī-shatsu senmon no koroshiya te nan dāāa‼ Mohaya koroshiya de mo nan de mo nē yo‼ Tada no tī-shatsu kita ossan da yo‼

     What the hell is a hit man specializing in T-shirts⁉ He’s not even an actual hit man‼ He’s just some dude wearing a goddamn T-shirt‼