See also: 抹杀

Chinese

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girdle; brassiere; to plaster
girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear
 
to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (抹殺)
simp. (抹杀)
alternative forms 抹煞
抹摋抹𢫬

Pronunciation

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Verb

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抹殺

  1. to blot out; to erase; to discount (past efforts or achievements); to refuse to acknowledge; to obliterate

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
まつ > まっ
Grade: S
さつ
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
抹殺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(まっ)(さつ) (massatsu

  1. erasure
  2. denial
  3. killing

Verb

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(まっ)(さつ)する (massatsu surutransitive suru (stem (まっ)(さつ) (massatsu shi), past (まっ)(さつ)した (massatsu shita))

  1. to wipe out, to erase
    • 1949, 宮本百合子, 今日の日本の文化問題:
      日本(にほん)のスポーツは、戦争中全(せんそうちゅうまった)日常生活(にちじょうせいかつ)から抹殺(まっさつ)されていた。
      Nihon no supōtsu wa, sensō-chū mattaku nichijō seikatsu kara massatsu sarete ita.
      During the war, sports were completely wiped out of everyday life in Japan.
  2. to deny
    • 1945, 太宰治, 惜別:
      もう(ぼく)はあの、科学救国論(かがくきゅうこくろん)全部(ぜんぶ)抹殺(まっさつ)します。
      Mō boku wa ano, kagaku kyūkoku ron wa zenbu, massatsu shimasu.
      These days I completely deny all of the arguments that science will save the nation.
  3. to kill

Conjugation

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References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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抹殺 (malsal) (hangeul 말살)

  1. hanja form? of 말살

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

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抹殺

  1. chữ Hán form of mạt sát.