犠牲

See also: 犧牲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犠 牲
Grade: S Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

犠牲 (hiragana ぎせい, rōmaji gisei)

  1. sacrifice
  2. casualty, victim, especially of a disaster
    膨大 (ぼうだい)な犠 (ぎ)牲 (せい)者 (しゃ)の数 (かず)におののいた。
    Bōdai na giseisha no kazu ni ononoita.
    I was appalled by the huge number of casualties.

References

  1. ↑ Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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