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亡き者にする (なきものにする) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, suru verb (irregular)
kill ; do away with ; eliminate
Euphemistic or indirect expression for killing someone, often implying making them 'as if dead' or removing them from existence. Used in historical, dramatic, or literary contexts.
邪じゃ
魔ま
者もの
を
亡な
き
者もの
に
し
た
。
He did away with the person who was in his way.
Kanji 亡 deceased, the late, dying Similar words 殺ころ す 殺す is the direct, everyday word for 'kill'. 亡き者にする is a more indirect, euphemistic, and literary expression.
消け す 消す can mean 'erase' or 'eliminate' and is sometimes used euphemistically for killing, but is less formal and more common than 亡き者にする.
Etymology From 亡き (archaic/literary attributive form of 亡し, meaning 'dead') + 者 ('person') + にする ('to make into'). Literally 'to make someone into a dead person'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it has been used as a euphemism for killing since at least the Edo period.
