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斬きる

N2
きる kiru
  1. to behead
  2. to murder
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

砍;斩

Chinese notes

斬る专指用刀剑砍杀,与一般切る不同。

Examples

  • 武士が刀で敵を斬った。
    The warrior cut down the enemy with a sword.
    武士用刀砍倒敌人。
  • 刀で相手を斬る場面がある。
    There is a scene in which someone cuts an opponent with a sword.
    其中有用刀砍向对方的场面。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ffd3c9c0d7'); // 斬る
{
  "id": "ffd3c9c0d7",
  "word": "斬る",
  "reading": "きる",
  "romaji": "kiru",
  "meanings": [
    "to behead",
    "to murder"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1304400,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "武士が刀で敵を斬った。",
      "en": "The warrior cut down the enemy with a sword."
    },
    {
      "ja": "刀で相手を斬る場面がある。",
      "en": "There is a scene in which someone cuts an opponent with a sword."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "846be0dde1917b0fd4a643c26a597bb375086e00d2b7488fa898b05b78d10fe5",
    "meanings": [
      "砍",
      "斩"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "武士が刀で敵を斬った。",
        "zh": "武士用刀砍倒敌人。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "刀で相手を斬る場面がある。",
        "zh": "其中有用刀砍向对方的场面。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/ffd3c9c0d7",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1304400; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "斬る专指用刀剑砍杀,与一般切る不同。",
    "review_hash": "1ae5e4255bd6e13525507ffc06922583e8fa886798f6dbdb879f383aa8744443"
  }
}