皆殺し

Japanese
Kanji in this term
皆 殺
みな
Grade: S		 ころ > ごろ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

皆 (みな) (mina, “everyone”) + 殺 (ころ)し (koroshi, “killing”, 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺 (ころ)す (korosu, “to kill”).).

Pronunciation

Noun

皆殺し (hiragana みなごろし, rōmaji minagoroshi)

  1. massacre; slaughter

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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