Japanese word

虐殺

Pronunciation

Romajigyakusatsu

歴史の本で虐殺について学びました。reki shi no hon de gyaku satsu ni tsu i te mana bi ma shi ta

I learned about a massacre in a history book.

その映画は、虐殺を直接描かずに、残された家族の苦しみを伝えています。so no ei ga wa gyaku satsu o choku setsu ega ka zu ni noko sa re ta ka zoku no kuru shi mi o tsuta e te i ma su

The film conveys the suffering of the families left behind without depicting the massacre directly.

Describes the deliberate killing of many people in a cruel and indiscriminate way.

殺戮satsuriku: The killing of large numbers of people, often during war or armed conflict.

多くの人をむごく殺すこと。ō ku no hito o mu go ku koro su ko to

The Sino-Japanese compound 虐殺 (gyakusatsu) combines 虐 (gyaku, "cruel treatment") and 殺 (satsu, "killing") to mean cruelly killing many people.

In English, massacre can also be used figuratively for a very one-sided defeat, while 虐殺 (gyakusatsu) refers to the killing of people.