皆殺し

皆殺し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皆	殺
みな Grade: S	ころ > ごろ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

皆 (みな) (mina, “everyone”) + 殺 (ころ)し (koroshi, “killing”, 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 殺 (ころ)す (korosu, “to kill”).).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) みなごろし [mìnágóróshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲina̠ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

皆殺し (hiragana みなごろし, rōmaji minagoroshi)

1. massacre; slaughter

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN