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Words with 斬

Kanji 斬, meaning beheading, appears in 50 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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切り捨てる

きりすてる

to cut off and throw away

切り取り

きりとり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

斬新

ざんしん

novel

斬る

きる

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)

切れ味

きれあじ

peppiness (of a ball)

首切り

くびきり

small samurai sword used for decapitation

切り返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

切り倒す

きりたおす

to cut down

切り込む

きりこむ

to cut deep into

メッタ斬り

めったぎり

hacking to pieces

泣いて馬謖を斬る

ないてばしょくをきる

being just before one is generous

袈裟斬り

けさぎり

slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

ざん

beheading

斬りかかる

きりかかる

to assault with a sword

斬り合い

きりあい

crossing swords

斬撃

ざんげき

slash

斬罪

ざんざい

(execution by) decapitation

斬殺

ざんさつ

putting to the sword

斬首

ざんしゅ

decapitated head

斬首刑

ざんしゅけい

decapitation

斬新奇抜

ざんしんきばつ

novel

斬新性

ざんしんせい

innovativeness

斬鉄剣

ざんてつけん

sword that cuts iron

斬馬刀

ざんばとう

zanbatō

斬奸

ざんかん

killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)

斬奸状

ざんかんじょう

letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain

試し斬り

ためしぎり

trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

首を切る

くびをきる

to behead

首切る

くびきる

to behead

人斬り

ひときり

assassination

切り下ろす

きりおろす

to cut downward

切り解く

きりほどく

to cut open (a tied bundle)

切り結ぶ

きりむすぶ

to cross swords with

切り合う

きりあう

to fight with swords

切り刻む

きりきざむ

to hew

切り殺す

きりころす

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.)

切り散らす

きりちらす

to cut down all

切り死に

きりじに

fighting to the death (with swords)

切り捨て御免

きりすてごめん

right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

切り破る

きりやぶる

to cut to pieces

切り払う

きりはらう

to clear away

叩き切る

たたききる

to hack

辻斬り

つじぎり

attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill)

胴切り

どうぎり

horizontal cut (esp. fish, plant, etc.)

百人斬り

ひゃくにんぎり

slaying 100 enemies with one's sword

撫で斬り

なでぎり

clean sweep