Word Meaning 暗殺

あんさつ ansatsu

暗殺 is read as あんさつ (ansatsu) and means assassination.

Meaning

English

  1. assassination

Reading

Kana

あんさつ

Romaji

ansatsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 6532 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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暗剣殺

あんけんさつ

unpropitious direction

暗殺事件

あんさつじけん

assassination

暗殺者

あんさつしゃ

assassin

ケネディ暗殺

けねでぃあんさつ

assassination of US President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963)

暗殺未遂

あんさつみすい

attempted assassination

暗殺拳

あんさつけん

deadly fist

暗殺を謀る

あんさつをはかる

to plot an assassination

政治的暗殺

せいじてきあんさつ

political assassination

ケネディ大統領暗殺事件

けねでぃだいとうりょうあんさつじけん

assassination of US President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963)

暗闇

くらやみ

darkness

暗記

あんき

memorization

暗示

あんじ

hint

Example Sentences

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They attempted to assassinate the president.

Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

Older people still remember the Kennedy assassination.

The great Roman hero, Julius Caesar, was assassinated.

The great Roman hero, Julius Caesar, was assassinated.

There were assassination theories but it was not clear who would have killed him and for what reason. Even now the truth about his death is unclear.

History is like quantum physics: the observer affects the event observed. Is the Kennedy assassination a particle or a wave?