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なぶり殺し (naburigoroshi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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The criminal tortured the victim to death.
Talking like that is practically tormenting someone to death.
Kanji 嬲 sport with, ridicule, tease Related words 拷ごう 問もん 拷問 is the general term for torture, not necessarily resulting in death. なぶり殺し specifically implies killing through torture.
虐ぎゃく 殺さつ 虐殺 means massacre or slaughter, focusing on the brutality and scale of killing, while なぶり殺し emphasizes the prolonged suffering of the victim.
Written forms なぶり 殺ごろ し Usage 79%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
嬲なぶ り 殺ごろ し Usage 21%
Uses the uncommon kanji 嬲; mostly seen in literary or emphatic contexts.
Etymology Compound of なぶり (continuative form of 嬲る 'to tease, torment') + 殺し (continuative form of 殺す 'to kill').
