Japanese word

テロリスト

Pronunciation

Romajiterorisuto

Meaning

  • nounterrorist

Example

警察はテロリストを逮捕しました。kei satsu wa te ro ri su to o tai ho shi ma shi ta

The police arrested the terrorist.

Illustration for テロリスト (terrorist)

More examples

ニュースではテロリストの動機が詳しく報じられました。nyū su de wa te ro ri su to no dō ki ga kuwa shi ku hō ji ra re ma shi ta

The news reported the terrorist's motive in detail.

Core concept

Refers to a person who uses or threatens serious violence to advance a political, religious, or other cause.

Common phrases

  • テロリストを逮捕するte ro ri su to o tai ho su ru

    arrest a terrorist

  • テロリストによる攻撃te ro ri su to ni yo ru kō geki

    an attack by a terrorist

  • テロリストを追跡するte ro ri su to o tsui seki su ru

    track a terrorist

Definition in Japanese

政治的・宗教的な目的などのために、爆破や襲撃などの暴力で社会を脅かす者。sei ji teki shū kyō teki na moku teki na do no ta me ni baku ha ya shū geki na do no bō ryoku de sha kai o obiya ka su mono

Word origin

The Japanese loanword テロリスト (terorisuto) comes from English terrorist, formed from terror and the suffix -ist; terror traces to Latin terror, "fear".

Usage tips

  • In the phrase terrorist attack, terrorist modifies attack, whereas terrorist used alone refers to a person.

Related words

  • テロリスト的terorisutotekiterrorist-likena-adjective

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