Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
滅多刺し
めった刺し
メッタ刺し

Etymology edit

From 滅多(めった) (metta) + () (sashi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (sasu).). The sashi changes to zashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [me̞t̚ta̠za̠ɕi]

Noun edit

めったざし or メッタざし (mettazashi

  1. repeated stabbing