Meaning
殺気 (さっき, sakki) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “murderous intent, menacing aura”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
彼は背後に殺気を感じた
He sensed murderous intent behind him.
殺気堂に満つ
Death filled the hall.
大坂の人は殺気が多く、富を尊ぶ。
The people of Osaka are short in temper and they place importance on wealth.
近づいてくる足音を聞きつけ,彼の顔に一瞬さっと殺気が走った.
A look of menace flashed across his face at the approaching footsteps.
鎌倉公方足利家に伝わる宝刀で、殺気をもって抜き放てば刀身から水気が立ち上る。
This is a treasure sword which has been handed down in the Ashikaga family, Kamakura kubo (Governor-general of the Kanto region) and it gives off a mist when drawn with an intention to kill.
すると、いままでおだやかだった場が殺気立つようになり、みなの顔色も変ってきている。
So, the calm atmosphere that had filled the place instead becomes bloodthirsty, and everybody there becomes pale.
また、「そこで、御神霊の意見を是非うかがって、その返答によっては近衛の殺害も厭わない」と述べ、かなり殺気だった雰囲気に包まれたと言われている。
They also said in a stormy atmosphere 'we would like to ask the spirit about God's will and depending on the answer, we are willing to kill Konoe.'
日露戦争の沙河会戦で、苦戦を経験し総司令部の雰囲気が殺気立ったとき、昼寝から起きて来た大山の「児玉源太郎さん、今日もどこかで戦(ゆっさ)がごわすか」の惚けた一言で、部屋の空気がたちまち明るくなり、皆が冷静さを取り戻したという逸話がある。
There is an anecdote that in the Battle of Shahe during the Russo-Japanese War, when the atmosphere at general headquarters had grown tense after hard fighting, Oyama woke from his nap and instantly brightened the room and restored everyone's composure with the fatuous remark, 'Mr. Gentaro Kodama, is there a battle going on somewhere today?'
ハイド氏は青白く背が低い男で、どこといって奇形というわけではないが、気味が悪い印象を与え、笑い方は不愉快で、弁護士に対しては、臆病さと大胆さが入り混じった殺気を感じるふるまいをした、そしてかすれて、ささやくような、途切れ途切れの声で話した。
Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice;