斬

Meaning

斬 centers on killing by cutting, especially with a blade: beheading, murder, or execution. The idea is a decisive, violent severing.

• 斬るきる
  N2

  to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

• 斬新ざんしん

  novel; original; new; innovative

• 斬ざん

  beheading; decapitation

• 斬首ざんしゅ

  decapitation

• 辻斬りつじぎり

  attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby

• 斬殺ざんさつ

  killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword

• なで斬りなでぎり

  slashing (with the blade pressed against the object)

• メッタ斬りめったぎり

  hacking to pieces

• 人斬りひときり

  assassination; assassin

• 延髄斬りえんずいぎり

  enzuigiri (attack that strikes the back of the head)

• 斬りかかるきりかかる

  to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

• 斬り合いきりあい

  crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

• 斬奸ざんかん

  killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)

• 斬奸状ざんかんじょう

  letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

• 斬撃ざんげき

  slash; slashing attack

• 斬新奇抜ざんしんきばつ

  novel; unconventional; cutting-edge

• 斬新性ざんしんせい

  innovativeness; originality; innovation

• 斬罪ざんざい

  (execution by) decapitation

• 斬鉄剣ざんてつけん

  sword that cuts iron

• 斬首刑ざんしゅけい

  decapitation

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