殺さっ気き

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

bloodlust; killing intent; thirst for blood

Refers to a palpable aura of murderous intent or a strong determination to kill, often sensed by others.

彼かれの目めには殺さっ気きがみなぎっていた。
His eyes were filled with bloodlust.
相あい手ての殺さっ気きを感かんじて身み構がまえた。
Sensing the opponent's killing intent, I braced myself.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に殺さっ気きを感かんじるto sense killing intent (in something/someone)
彼かれの目めつきに殺さっ気きを感かんじた。
I sensed killing intent in the look in his eyes.
殺さっ気きが漂ただようan aura of murderous intent hangs in the air
会かい場じょうには異い様ような殺さっ気きが漂ただよっていた。
An eerie air of bloodlust hung over the venue.
殺さっ気きを放はなつto give off an aura of killing intent
剣けん士しは静しずかに殺さっ気きを放はなっていた。
The swordsman quietly gave off a murderous aura.

Kanji

殺kill, murder, butcher
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

殺さつ意い
殺意 is the formal or legal term for a clear intent to kill someone, while 殺気 describes the palpable, often sensed aura of murderous intent that may not be aimed at a specific act.
殺さつ伐ばつ
殺伐 describes a generally violent, cold, or hostile atmosphere, whereas 殺気 specifically points to a felt killing intent directed or emanating from someone.

Don't confuse with

殺さっ菌きん
殺菌 (sterilization) shares the kanji 殺 and a similar sound with 殺気 (killing intent) but has nothing to do with murder or violence.

Word family

殺さっ気き立だつ
seethe with anger; be frenzied; be menacing; be murderous

Written forms

殺さっ気きUsage4%
Standard kanji spelling; the only written form.
さっきUsage96%

Etymology

Compound of 殺 (kill) and 気 (spirit, aura). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with the concept of a palpable murderous aura.