人殺し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	殺
ひと Grade: 1	ころ > ごろ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

人 (ひと) (hito, “person”) + 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

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ひとごろし [hìtógóróshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- (Tokyo) ひとごろし [hìtógóróshíꜜ] (Odaka – [5])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [çito̞ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

人殺し (hiragana ひとごろし, rōmaji hitogoroshi)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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