見殺し
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 見 | 殺 |
| み Grade: 1 |
ころ > ごろ Grade: 5 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 見殺し (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
From 見 (mi, “seeing”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 見る (miru, “to see”).) + 殺し (koroshi, “killing”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺す (korosu, “to kill”).). The koroshi changes to goroshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- standing by and watching as someone dies, without offering help
- (figuratively) to neglect a person having difficult circumstances and not assist him or her
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 見 read as み
- Japanese terms spelled with 殺 read as ころ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
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- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters