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殺到 (さっとう, sattou) Japanese meaning: rush | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 殺到する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 殺さっ 到とう する 殺さっ 到とう しない Polite 殺さっ 到とう します 殺さっ 到とう しません Past polite 殺さっ 到とう しました 殺さっ 到とう しませんでした Past 殺さっ 到とう した 殺さっ 到とう しなかった Te-form 殺さっ 到とう して 殺さっ 到とう しないで Desire 殺さっ 到とう したい 殺さっ 到とう したくない Potential 殺さっ 到とう できる 殺さっ 到とう できない Passive 殺さっ 到とう される 殺さっ 到とう されない Causative 殺さっ 到とう させる 殺さっ 到とう させない Causative passive 殺さっ 到とう させられる 殺さっ 到とう させられない Volitional 殺さっ 到とう しよう Polite volitional 殺さっ 到とう しましょう Imperative 殺さっ 到とう しろ 殺さっ 到とう するな Conditional 殺さっ 到とう すれば 殺さっ 到とう しなければ Tara conditional 殺さっ 到とう したら 殺さっ 到とう しなかったら
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しょう
品ひん
の
発はつ
売ばい
後ご
、
注ちゅう
文もん
が
殺さっ
到とう
し
た
。
After the new product went on sale, orders flooded in.
Immediately after the announcement, the company was flooded with inquiries.
Fans rushed to the station exit.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 殺さっ 到とう する for orders, complaints, inquiries, etc. to flood in
Right after the new product launched, orders came flooding in.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 〈 人ひと 〉 が 殺さっ 到とう する for people to rush to a place all at once
As soon as the sale started, customers rushed into the store.
〈 事こと 〉 への 抗こう 議ぎ が 殺さっ 到とう する for complaints or protests about something to pour in
Protests over the remark poured in one after another.
Related words 押し寄せる is a verb describing people or waves surging toward a place, while 殺到 is a noun/する‑verb emphasizing an overwhelming, sudden flood of people, orders, or complaints.
集中 means concentration or centering of something in one place, and can overlap with 殺到 in phrases like 注文が集中する, but 殺到 stresses the suddenness and overwhelming volume of the influx.
ラッシュ is a casual loanword for a busy rush period (as in 通勤ラッシュ), whereas 殺到 is a more formal, news‑style term for a flood of people or requests hitting something at once.
殺到 describes a flood or surge of people, orders, or calls converging at once, while 駆け込み focuses on individuals acting right at the last moment before a cutoff.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound conventionally written 殺到. 到 is associated with reaching or arriving; 殺 here is part of the fixed compound and should not be read literally as 'kill' in modern usage.
