Chinese edit

introduce; lie between; between
 
mistake; error; blunder
mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong
trad. (介錯)
simp. (介错)

Etymology edit

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese (かい)(しゃく) (kaishaku).

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

介錯

  1. to decapitate someone who performs harakiri (in order to ease their pain)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: S
しゃく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology edit

(kai, to assist) +‎ (shaku, mistake)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かい)(しゃく) (kaishaku

  1. decapitation of someone who performs harakiri (in order to ease their pain)

Verb edit

(かい)(しゃく)する (kaishaku surusuru (stem (かい)(しゃく) (kaishaku shi), past (かい)(しゃく)した (kaishaku shita))

  1. to decapitate someone who performs harakiri (in order to ease their pain)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN