必殺

必殺

See also: 必杀

Chinese

		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (必殺)		必	殺
simp. (必杀)		必	杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsha
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: bì-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihsha
    • Palladius: биша (biša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit¹ saat³
    • Yale: bīt saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ saːt̚³/

Verb

必殺

1. to be sure to kill; to be deadly

Derived terms

必殺技／必杀技 (bìshājì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
必	殺
ひつ > ひっ Grade: 4	さつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
必殺 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Appears to be from Middle Chinese compound 必殺 (MC piɪt̚ ʃˠat̚, “certainly + kill”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) ひっさつ [hìssátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [çi̥sːa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

必(ひっ)殺(さつ) • (hissatsu) 

1. lethality, deadliness

Usage notes

Often used attributively with the particle の (no), and often translated in such cases as an adjective:

必(ひっ)殺(さつ)の剣(つるぎ)、必(ひっ)殺(さつ)の一(いち)撃(げき)

hissatsu no tsurugi, hissatsu no ichigeki

literally, “a sword of lethality, a blow of deadliness” → more naturally, “a lethal sword, a deadly blow”

Derived terms

• 必殺技(ひっさつわざ) (hissatsu waza)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN