殺意

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殺	意
さつ Grade: 5	い Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
殺意 (kyūjitai)

Noun

殺(さつ)意(い) • (satsui) 

1. urge to kill, intent to murder

   寝(ね)ている旦(だん)那(な)に殺(さつ)意(い)を覚(おぼ)える

   neteiru danna ni satsui o oboeru

   feel an urge to kill [one's] husband in his sleep

   • 2019 July 19, “小(しょう)6(ろく)長(ちょう)男(なん)刺(し)殺(さつ)、父(ちち)親(おや)に懲(ちょう)役(えき)13(じゅうさん)年(ねん)判(はん)決(けつ)…「殺(さつ)意(い)」認(にん)定(てい)”, in 読(よみ)売(うり)新(しん)聞(ぶん) (読(よみ)売(うり)新(しん)聞(ぶん)) [Yomiuri Shimbun]‎^[1]:

     佐(さ)竹(たけ)被(ひ)告(こく)は公(こう)判(はん)で「何(なん)らかの原(げん)因(いん)で包(ほう)丁(ちょう)が刺(さ)さった」などと殺(さつ)意(い)を否(ひ)認(にん)していた。

     Satake hikoku wa kōhan de “Nanraka no gen'in de hōchō ga sasatta” nado to satsui o hinin shite ita.

     The accused, Satake, denied he had the urge to kill, claiming that "the knife was stuck [in the body] by some other cause".