親殺し

親殺し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	殺
おや Grade: 2	ころ > ごろ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 親 (おや) (oya, “parent”) + 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

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠ɡo̞ɾo̞ɕi]

Noun

親殺し (hiragana おやごろし, rōmaji oyagoroshi)

1. killing of parent(s)