Meaning
犠牲 (ぎせい, gisei) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “sacrifice”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
多くの人が災害の犠牲になったの。
A lot of people lost their lives in the disaster.
この犯罪者は遺伝の犠牲者だ。
This criminal is a victim of his heredity.
彼は自ら野心の犠牲になった。
He fell victim to his own ambition.
良心を犠牲にして富を得るな。
Don't obtain wealth at the expense of your conscience.
彼等はいわゆる戦争の犠牲者だ。
They are victims of the so-called war.
この病気で数千の犠牲者が出た。
Several thousand people became victims of this disease.
彼は自らの野心の犠牲になった。
He fell a victim to his own ambition.
彼の死は崇高な自己犠牲だった。
His death was a sublime self-sacrifice.
彼は健康を犠牲にしてそれをした。
He did it at the expense of his health.
誰が次の犠牲者になるのであろうか。
Who would be its next victim?
彼女は子供のために全てを犠牲にした。
She gave up everything for her children.
若者は己の貪欲の犠牲になりがちである。
Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.