Translation guide
Expresses the act of killing someone by compressing their neck, cutting off air or blood flow. Japanese distinguishes methods: strangling with hands, choking with an object, or hanging.
To kill by squeezing the neck with one's hands, throttling.
General term for strangling to death, often by hand or with a cord. Combines 'shimeru' (to strangle) and 'korosu' (to kill).
The culprit strangled the victim to death.
Specifically means strangling with bare hands, throttling. More technical or literary.
There were signs that he had been throttled to death.
To kill by compressing the neck using a cord, wire, or similar item.
Death caused by hanging, where the noose compresses the neck.
The English phrase 'strangle to death' is often rendered naturally in Japanese with compound verbs like 絞め殺す or specific nouns like 絞殺. Using a phrase like 絞めて死なせる is grammatically possible but sounds unnatural.
絞殺 (kousatsu) typically involves a ligature, while 扼殺 (yakusatsu) is manual strangulation. In everyday language, 絞め殺す covers both.
He was killed by strangulation with a rope.