殺人(さつじん)

さつじん
noun
murder, homicide
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:

  • 殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん): murder case
  • 殺人(さつじん)罪(ざい): murder charge, crime of murder
  • 殺人(さつじん)犯(はん): murderer
  • 殺人(さつじん)未遂(みすい): attempted murder
  • 連続(れんぞく)殺人(さつじん): serial murder

Related Words

Related: 殺害(さつがい) (killing, slaying)
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