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連続殺人事件 (れんぞくさつじんじけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

連れん続ぞく殺さつ人じん事じ件けん

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Meanings

1

noun

serial murder case

Refers to a criminal case involving a series of murders, often used in news and crime contexts.

警けい察さつは連れん続ぞく殺さつ人じん事じ件けんの捜そう査さを続つづけている。
The police are continuing the investigation into the serial murder case.
その連れん続ぞく殺さつ人じん事じ件

けん

は

全ぜん

国こく

で

大おお

きく

報ほう

道どう

さ

れ

た

。

That serial murder case was widely reported across the country.

Kanji

連take along, lead, join
続continue, series, sequel
殺kill, murder, butcher
人person
事matter, thing, fact
件affair, case, matter

Similar words

連れん続ぞく殺さつ人じん
Refers to serial murder as an act or phenomenon, while 連続殺人事件 specifically refers to the case or incident.
殺さつ人じん事じ件けん
A general murder case; 連続殺人事件 specifies that it is a series of murders.

Etymology

Compound of 連続 (serial, continuous), 殺人 (murder), and 事件 (case, incident).