アサシネーション

noun

assassination

Loanword from English, used in Japanese to refer specifically to the act of assassinating a prominent person. Often used in news or political contexts. The native Japanese term is 暗殺 (あんさつ).

See also: 暗殺 (あんさつ)

• その大だい統とう領りょうのアサシネーションは国くに中じゅうに衝しょう撃げきを与あたえた。

  The assassination of the president shocked the whole nation.

• 歴れき史しの授じゅ業ぎょうでケネディ大だい統とう領りょうのアサシネーションについて学まなんだ。

  We learned about President Kennedy's assassination in history class.