殺人(さつじん)

さつじん
noun
murder, homicide
formalwrittenlegallawexistence
1. murder, homicide
The crime of unlawfully killing a person. A legal and formal term used in criminal law, news reporting, and fiction.
殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)が発生(はっせい)した。
A murder case occurred.
容疑者(ようぎしゃ)は殺人(さつじん)の罪(つみ)で逮捕(たいほ)された。
The suspect was arrested on a charge of murder.
この推理(すいり)小説(しょうせつ)は連続(れんぞく)殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)を題材(だいざい)にしており、最後(さいご)まで犯人(はんにん)が分(わ)からない。
This mystery novel is based on a serial murder case, and the culprit remains unknown until the very end.

Usage

A formal legal term. In everyday conversation, 人殺(ひとごろ)し is a more colloquial equivalent. 殺人(さつじん) is the standard term in news, legal documents, and crime fiction.

Common collocations

Related Words

Related: 殺害(さつがい) (killing, slaying)
Compare: 暗殺(あんさつ) (assassination (political))
Related: 殺(ころ)す (to kill)
Compare: 凶行(きょうこう) (violent act)
Compare: 他殺(たさつ) (homicide)
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