Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ころ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
食い殺す (kyūjitai)
喰い殺す

Etymology

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Compound of 食う (kuu, to eat) +‎ 殺す (korosu, to kill).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟iko̞ɾo̞sɨ]

Verb

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()(ころ) (kuikorosutransitive godan (stem ()(ころ) (kuikoroshi), past ()(ころ)した (kuikoroshita))

  1. to devour

Conjugation

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