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ジェノサイド (jenosaido) Japanese meaning: genocide | Kotomora
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Under international law, genocide is considered one of the most serious crimes.
The historian is researching genocides that occurred in the 20th century.
Usage patterns ジェノサイドを 行おこな う to carry out genocide
The regime carried out genocide against the minority group.
ジェノサイドが 起お こる for genocide to occur
Genocide occurred in that region twenty years ago.
ジェノサイドを 認にん 定てい する to officially recognize (an event) as genocide
The international community officially recognized the incident as genocide.
ジェノサイドの 犠ぎ 牲せい 者しゃ victims of genocide
The memorial hall honors the victims of the genocide.
Related words 大量虐殺 is a broader term for mass killing or massacre, while ジェノサイド specifically denotes the systematic destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as defined in international law.
虐殺 simply means slaughter or massacre of people without implying the targeted-group element that ジェノサイド carries.
Etymology Borrowed from English 'genocide', coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1944 from Greek 'genos' (race, kind) and Latin '-cide' (killing).
