殺せっ生しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

killing; taking life

Refers to the act of killing living beings, often with a Buddhist connotation of taking life unnecessarily. Used as a noun or with する.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは殺せっ生しょうを禁きんじている。

  Buddhism forbids the taking of life.

• 虫むし一いっ匹ぴき殺せっ生しょうするのもためらう。

  I hesitate to kill even a single insect.

na-adjective

cruel; heartless; callous

Figurative use as a な-adjective, describing a person or action as merciless or brutal. Often used in expressions like 殺生なことを言う.

• そんな殺せっ生しょうなことを言いわないでください。

  Please don't say such cruel things.

• 彼かれは殺せっ生しょうな仕し打うちを受うけた。

  He was treated heartlessly.