幼児虐殺

Reading

Kana: ようじぎゃくさつ

Romaji: youjigyakusatsu

Definition

noun

1

Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament

Kanji

幼

Readings: ヨウ、 おさな.い

Meanings: infancy, childhood

児

Readings: ジ、 ニ、 ゲイ、 こ、 -こ、 -っこ

Meanings: newborn babe, child, young of animals

虐

Readings: ギャク、 しいた.げる

Meanings: tyrannize, oppress

殺

Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ

Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil