Word Meaning 虐殺

ぎゃくさつ gyakusatsu

虐殺 is read as ぎゃくさつ (gyakusatsu) and means slaughter.

Meaning

English

slaughter
massacre

Reading

Kana

ぎゃくさつ

Romaji

gyakusatsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 6066 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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南京大虐殺

なんきんだいぎゃくさつ

Nanking Massacre (1937)

民族大虐殺

みんぞくだいぎゃくさつ

racial genocide

南京虐殺

なんきんぎゃくさつ

Nanking Massacre (1937)

大量虐殺

たいりょうぎゃくさつ

massacre

大虐殺

だいぎゃくさつ

massacre

幼児虐殺

ようじぎゃくさつ

Massacre of the Innocents (infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament)

ルワンダ虐殺

るわんだぎゃくさつ

Rwandan genocide (1994)

ソンミ村虐殺事件

そんみむらぎゃくさつじけん

My Lai Massacre (1968)

虐げる

しいたげる

to oppress

虐待

ぎゃくたい

abuse

銃殺

じゅうさつ

death by shooting

絞殺

こうさつ

strangulation