しめころす

Japanese

Alternative spellings
絞め殺す
絞殺す (dated)

Etymology

From () (shime, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()める (shimeru)) + (ころ) (korosu).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めころ [shìmékóróꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) めころす [shìmékórósú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕime̞ko̞ɾo̞sɨ]

Verb

しめころす • (shimekorosuしめころす (simekorosu)?godan (stem しめころし (shimekoroshi), past しめころした (shimekoroshita))

  1. to strangle to death
    Synonym: 絞殺

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しめころす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しめころさ shimekorosa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しめころし shimekoroshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") しめころす shimekorosu
Rentaikei ("attributive") しめころす shimekorosu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しめころせ shimekorose
Meireikei ("imperative") しめころせ shimekorose
Key constructions
Passive しめころされる shimekorosareru
Causative しめころさせる
しめころさす
shimekorosaseru
shimekorosasu
Potential しめころせる shimekoroseru
Volitional しめころそう shimekorosō
Negative しめころさない shimekorosanai
Negative continuative しめころさず shimekorosazu
Formal しめころします shimekoroshimasu
Perfective しめころした shimekoroshita
Conjunctive しめころして shimekoroshite
Hypothetical conditional しめころせば shimekoroseba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN