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飼い殺し

かいごろし
keeping a pet till it dies; keeping a useless person on the payroll
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焼身自殺

しょうしんじさつ
self-immolation; burning oneself to death; suicide by fire
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笑殺

しょうさつ
laughing off; dismissing with a laugh
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嘱託殺人

しょくたくさつじん
contract murder
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食い殺す

くいころす
to devour; to bite to death
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身を殺して仁を為す

みをころしてじんをなす
to do an act of benevolence at the sacrifice of oneself
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大量殺人

たいりょうさつじん
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
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幼児虐殺

ようじぎゃくさつ
Massacre of the Innocents; episode of infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament
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褒め殺し

ほめ殺し、誉め殺し
ほめごろし
backhanded compliment; making fun of someone via excessive praise
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褒め殺す

v5s
ほめごろす
to compliment and criticize lavishly (criticise)