殺さつ害がい

also: せつがい · せちがい

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殺害する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	殺さつ害がいする	殺さつ害がいしない
Polite	殺さつ害がいします	殺さつ害がいしません
Past polite	殺さつ害がいしました	殺さつ害がいしませんでした
Past	殺さつ害がいした	殺さつ害がいしなかった
Te-form	殺さつ害がいして	殺さつ害がいしないで
Desire	殺さつ害がいしたい	殺さつ害がいしたくない
Potential	殺さつ害がいできる	殺さつ害がいできない
Passive	殺さつ害がいされる	殺さつ害がいされない
Causative	殺さつ害がいさせる	殺さつ害がいさせない
Causative passive	殺さつ害がいさせられる	殺さつ害がいさせられない
Volitional	殺さつ害がいしよう
Polite volitional	殺さつ害がいしましょう
Imperative	殺さつ害がいしろ	殺さつ害がいするな
Conditional	殺さつ害がいすれば	殺さつ害がいしなければ
Tara conditional	殺さつ害がいしたら	殺さつ害がいしなかったら

Meanings

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

killing; murder

Formal or legal term for the act of killing a person. Often used in news reports and official contexts. As a suru-verb, it is transitive: 人を殺害する.

警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃが被ひ害がい者しゃを殺さつ害がいしたと発はっ表ぴょうした。
The police announced that the suspect killed the victim.
殺さつ害がい事じ件けんの捜そう査さが続つづいている。
The investigation into the murder case is ongoing.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を殺さつ害がいするto kill/murder someone
犯はん人にんは隣りん人じんを殺さつ害がいした疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of murdering his neighbor.
〈人ひと〉に殺さつ害がいされるto be killed by someone
被ひ害がい者しゃは自じ宅たくで何なに者ものかに殺さつ害がいされた。
The victim was killed by an unknown person at home.
殺さつ害がいの疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされるto be arrested on suspicion of murder
男おとこは妻つまを殺さつ害がいした疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。
The man was arrested on suspicion of killing his wife.

Kanji

殺kill, murder, butcher
害harm, injury

Related words· 10

殺さつ人じんN1
殺人 is the broad, everyday term for homicide or murder, while 殺害 is a more formal, legal‑register word emphasizing the act of killing.
暗あん殺さつN1
暗殺 refers specifically to a politically or ideologically motivated assassination, whereas 殺害 is a neutral, general term for killing anyone.
虐ぎゃく殺さつN1
虐殺 implies mass, brutal slaughter of many victims, while 殺害 can refer to the killing of just one person.
殺ころすN3
殺害する is a formal, often legal or journalistic term for killing/murder, while 殺す is the plain, everyday verb.

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毒どく殺さつ
殺害 is a broad legal term for killing or murder by any method, while 毒殺 specifically means killing by administering poison.
殺さっ傷しょう
殺害 refers only to causing death, while 殺傷 covers both killing and wounding.
殺さつ戮りく
殺害 is a neutral, general term for killing a person, whereas 殺戮 is a stronger, literary word for large-scale, brutal massacre.
刺さし殺ころす
殺害する is a formal, legal/journalistic term for murder without specifying method, whereas 刺し殺す explicitly means killing by stabbing.
殺ころし
殺害 is a formal written term meaning 'to kill/slay' often used in news reports, whereas 殺し is a blunt, spoken-style noun for a killing.
人ひと殺ごろしN1
殺害 is a formal, often legal or journalistic word for killing someone, while 人殺し is the raw, emotionally charged everyday term.

Don't confuse with

殺さっ傷しょう
殺傷 covers both killing and wounding (injury included), while 殺害 refers only to the act of killing.

Word family· 8

殺さつ害がい者しゃ
murderer; killer
国こく王おう殺さつ害がい
regicide
大たい量りょう殺さつ害がい
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
標ひょう的てき殺さつ害がい
targeted killing
殺さつ害がい予よ告こく
death threat; murder threat

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殺さつ害がい事じ件けん
murder case; homicide case
殺さつ害がい現げん場ば
murder scene; scene of a murder
集しゅう団だん殺さつ害がい
mass killing; genocide

Written forms

殺害Usage100%
- さつがい
  Standard kanji form; the reading さつがい is the modern standard.
- せつがい
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.
- せちがい
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading; not used in modern Japanese.
せちがい
out-dated reading
せつがい
out-dated reading

Etymology

Compound of 殺 (satsu, 'kill') and 害 (gai, 'harm'). The reading さつがい is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi. The obsolete readings せつがい and せちがい reflect historical sound changes.