Practice JLPTMeaning
虐殺 (ぎゃくさつ, gyakusatsu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “massacre; slaughter”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
戦争で 多くの 市民が 虐殺された
A lot of citizens were slaughtered in the war.
将軍は捕虜全員の虐殺を命じた。
The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.
私はあなたを虐殺しました（笑）。
I slaughtered you lol.
捕虜を虐殺したのは残忍な行為だ。
The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
将軍は 捕虜 全員の 虐殺を 命じた。
The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.
捕虜を 虐殺したのは 残忍な 行為だ。
The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
後に織田信長から大虐殺を受け壊滅した。
Later, Nobunaga slaughtered the inhabitants and destroyed the temple.
虐殺の有無や、虐殺された人数については諸説あるが、実際に従軍し直接見聞した有賀長雄は清国民間人の巻き添えが有ったことを示唆している。
Opinions are divided on whether it was a massacre or not and, if so, how many people were killed, but Nagao ARIGA who was there in service and saw or heard what happened suggested that civilians were involved in the battle.
織田信長は比叡山焼き討ち、長島一向一揆、越前一向一揆で大量虐殺を行ったが、今回も同様の処刑とあって織田信長の軍勢の中にも断案に首を傾げる者もいたようである。
Nobunaga ODA had conducted genocidal killing in the cases of the fire attack against Mt. Hiei, Nagashima ikkoikki (an uprising of Ikko sect followers in Nagashima), and Echizen ikkoikki, and as similar execution was conducted in this case also, certain of Nobunaga ODA's troops inclined their heads.
我々はその大虐殺の現場を目撃して心底から嫌悪を感じた. We revolted at [against, from] the carnage.虐殺現場を写したと報じられたその写真は作り物と判った. The picture reportedly taken of a murder scene turned out to be a fake.その町の半数以上の住人が兵隊によって虐殺された. More than half (of) the residents of the town were massacred by the soldiers.のちに日本共産党の幹部となり警察に検挙され虐殺。
Later he became a party executive of the Japanese Communist Party, then was arrested and slaughtered by the police.