殺生

せっしょう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive, Intransitive killing; destruction of life
2. な-adjective cruel; heartless; callous; brutal

Kanji

• 殺 kill. Read as セツ.
• 生 life. Read as ショウ.

Words containing 殺生

• 殺生禁断 (せっしょうきんだん) prohibition against hunting and fishing
• 不殺生 (ふせっしょう) ahimsa
• 不殺生戒 (ふせっしょうかい) precept forbidding the taking of life

And 2 more.

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