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殺人未遂 (satsujinmisui) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

殺さつ人じん未み遂すい

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Meanings

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attempted murder

Legal term for the crime of attempting to kill someone. Used in news reports and formal contexts.

彼かれは殺さつ人じん未み遂すいの容よう疑ぎで逮たい捕ほされた。

He was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

殺さつ人じん未み遂すい事じ件けんの裁さい判ばんが始はじまった。

The trial for the attempted murder case has begun.

Kanji

殺kill, murder, butcher
人person
未un-, not yet, hitherto
遂consummate, accomplish, attain

Related words

殺さつ人じん
殺人 means 'murder' or 'homicide' (the completed act), while 殺人未遂 specifically refers to the attempt that did not result in death.
未み遂すい
未遂 is a suffix meaning 'attempted' or 'unsuccessful', used in legal terms like 殺人未遂 (attempted murder) or 自殺未遂 (attempted suicide).

Built from

殺さつ人じん+未み遂すい

Etymology

Compound of 殺人 (murder) and 未遂 (attempt, unsuccessful completion).