斬ざん

noun

beheading; decapitation

Rare term for beheading or decapitation, typically encountered in historical, literary, or dramatic settings rather than everyday conversation.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、罪ざい人にんの斬ざんが描えがかれることがある。

  In period dramas, the beheading of a criminal is sometimes depicted.