王殺し

王殺し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	殺
おう Grade: 1	ころ > ごろ Grade: 5
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
王殺し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 王(おう) (ō, “king”) + 殺(ころ)し (koroshi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺(ころ)す (korosu, “kill”).). The koroshi changes to goroshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

王(おう)殺(ごろ)し • (ōgoroshi) 

1. regicide

   Synonym: 弑逆 (shīgyaku)

References

• “王殺し”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “王殺し” in Weblio Dictionary.