Kanji 斬 Words: Meanings and Readings

切捨てる

きりすてる

to cut off and throw away

切取り

きりとり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

嶄新

ざんしん

novel

斬る

きる

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

切味

きれあじ

peppiness (of a ball)

切捨て

きりすて

omission

首斬り

くびきり

small samurai sword used for decapitation

切込み

きりこみ

cut

切返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

切倒す

きりたおす

to cut down

切りこむ

きりこむ

to cut deep into

クビを切る

くびをきる

to behead

たたき切る

たたききる

to hack

どう切り

どうぎり

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

めった切り

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

袈裟切り

けさぎり

slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

斬

ざん

beheading

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

試し切り

ためしぎり

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

人切り

ひときり

assassination

切りおろす

きりおろす

to cut downward

切りかかる

きりかかる

to assault with a sword

切りつける

きりつける

to cut at

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

切り合い

きりあい

crossing swords

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

切り伏せる

きりふせる

to slay

切り払う

きりはらう

to clear away

辻切り

つじぎり

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

百人切り

ひゃくにんぎり

slaying 100 enemies with one's sword

撫で切り

なでぎり

clean sweep

剄る

くびきる

to behead

嶄新奇抜

ざんしんきばつ

novel