斬る
N2きる kiru
- to behead
- 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"
}
}