犠ぎ牲せい

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Meanings

Broad use for giving up something valuable for a greater purpose, or for something/someone that is sacrificed.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 犠牲者; used especially for people killed or harmed in accidents, disasters, or conflicts.

〈物もの・事こと〉を犠ぎ牲せいにするto sacrifice something (for a purpose)
彼かれは成せい功こうのために家か族ぞくを犠ぎ牲せいにした。
He sacrificed his family for success.
〈人ひと〉に犠ぎ牲せいを強しいるto force someone to make a sacrifice
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんに犠ぎ牲せいを強しいた。
The company forced its employees to make sacrifices.
犠ぎ牲せいを出だすto result in casualties
事じ故こは多おおくの犠ぎ牲せいを出だした。
The accident resulted in many casualties.
犠ぎ牲せいを捧ささげるto offer a sacrifice (to a god)
古こ代だいの人ひと々びとは神かみに犠ぎ牲せいを捧ささげた。
Ancient people offered sacrifices to the gods.

生いけ贄にえ sense 3
生け贄 refers specifically to a living sacrifice or scapegoat, often in a ritual or figurative sense, while 犠牲 is the broader, more common term for any sacrifice.
犠ぎ牲せい者しゃ sense 2
犠牲者 explicitly means 'victim' or 'casualty', while 犠牲 is often used as its shortened form, especially in news reports.
死し傷しょう
死傷 specifically tallies people killed or injured, while 犠牲 is a broader, more emotive term for casualties or victims that can include non-human losses too.
餌え食じき
犠牲 broadly means a sacrifice or casualty in any misfortune, while 餌食 specifically frames the person as something consumed or exploited by a predator-like force.

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殉じゅん難なん
犠牲 means 'sacrifice' in a general sense and doesn't necessarily involve death, while 殉難 always implies dying for a cause.
献けん身しん
犠牲 focuses on the act of giving something up or suffering loss, while 献身 focuses on the ongoing, wholehearted act of dedicating oneself.
身み代がわり
犠牲 emphasizes the loss or cost of a sacrifice itself, while 身代わり emphasizes physically taking someone else's place in danger or punishment.
代だい償しょうN1
犠牲 highlights what one gives up or sacrifices, while 代償 focuses on the cost or price incurred as a result.

犠ぎ牲せい者しゃ
犠牲 is the abstract noun for sacrifice or the act of being sacrificed, while 犠牲者 is the person who is the victim of that sacrifice.

From Chinese 犧牲／牺牲 (xīshēng), originally referring to sacrificial animals. The Japanese reading ぎせい is the on'yomi of the kanji.