みなごろし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
皆殺し鏖 37564 (slang)

Etymology

皆(みな) (mina, “everyone”) + 殺(ころ)し (koroshi, “killing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺(ころ)す (korosu, “to kill”).).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みなごろし [mìnágóróshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲina̠ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

みなごろし • (minagoroshi) ^{←みなごろし (minagorosi)^?}

massacre; slaughter
敵(てき)を皆(みな)殺(ごろ)しにする
teki o minagoroshi ni suru
to massacre enemies

See also

鏖(おう)殺(さつ) (ōsatsu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN