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殺人的 (さつじんてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
na-adjective
deadly ; horrible ; punishing ; murderous
Used figuratively to describe something extremely severe, intense, or unbearable, often in casual or emphatic contexts. Not typically used for literal murder.
Kanji 的 bull's eye, mark, target Similar words ひどい ひどい is a general adjective for 'terrible' or 'awful', while 殺人的 emphasizes an extreme, almost unbearable intensity, often with a hyperbolic or dramatic tone.
Etymology Compound of 殺人 (satsujin, 'murder') + 的 (-teki, '-like'). The figurative sense 'deadly, punishing' developed from the literal meaning 'murderous'.
I feel like I'm going to collapse under this punishing schedule.
