Word Meaning 名誉殺人

めいよさつじん meiyosatsujin

名誉殺人 is read as めいよさつじん (meiyosatsujin) and means honor killing.

Meaning

English

honor killing
honour killing

Reading

Kana

めいよさつじん

Romaji

meiyosatsujin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 83685 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

名誉の殺人

めいよのさつじん

honor killing

名誉白人

めいよはくじん

honorary white (non-white person, including the Japanese, that were given certain privileges during the apartheid regime of South Africa)

名義人

めいぎにん

holder of a title deed

名人

めいじん

The Master of Go (1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata)

名誉

めいよ

honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)

名誉職

めいよしょく

honorary position

名誉会長

めいよかいちょう

honorary president

名誉市民

めいよしみん

honorary citizen

名誉会員

めいよかいいん

honorary member

名誉領事

めいよりょうじ

honorary consul

名誉学位

めいよがくい

honorary degree

名誉回復

めいよかいふく

restoring one's impaired reputation