殺す

Kana: ころす

to kill

Example sentence

虫を殺すのはかわいそうです。

むしをころすのはかわいそうです。

It's pitiful to kill insects.

What 殺す means

殺す (ころす) is a Japanese word meaning “to kill”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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