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暗殺 (あんさつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

暗あん殺さつ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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

Refers to the targeted killing of a prominent person, typically for political or ideological reasons. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

大だい統とう領りょうが暗あん殺さつされたというニュースが世せ界かいを駆かけ巡めぐった。
News that the president had been assassinated spread around the world.

その

政せい

治じ

家か

は

反はん

対たい

派は

に

よっ

て

暗あん

殺さつ

さ

れ

た

。

The politician was assassinated by the opposition.

Kanji

暗darkness, disappear, shade
殺kill, murder, butcher

Similar words

殺さつ害がい
殺害 is a general term for killing or murder, not necessarily targeting a prominent figure or politically motivated.
暗あん殺さつ者しゃ
暗殺者 means 'assassin', the person who carries out the assassination.

Etymology

Compound of 暗 (an, 'dark; secret') and 殺 (satsu, 'kill'), literally 'secret killing'. The term is a Sino-Japanese word (kango) that entered Japanese from Chinese, where it originally referred to murder committed in secret.