殺ころす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

suppress; destroy; spoil; kill (figurative)

Figurative use: ruin, suppress, or eliminate something non-living, such as talent, flavor, odor, speed, or time. Often used in set phrases.

• その一ひと言ことが彼かれの才さい能のうを殺ころしてしまった。

  That one remark destroyed his talent.

• にんにくで魚さかなの臭くさみを殺ころす。

  Use garlic to kill the fishy smell.

• スピードを殺ころしてカーブを曲まがる。

  Slow down (kill your speed) and take the curve.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

suppress (voice/feelings); hold back; stifle

Deliberately holding back an expression, emotion, or bodily reaction. Common with 声, 感情, あくび, 笑い, 息.

• 彼かの女じょは声こえを殺ころして泣ないた。

  She cried, stifling her voice.

• あくびを殺ころしながら会かい議ぎに出しゅっ席せきした。

  I attended the meeting while stifling my yawns.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

put out (baseball runner)

Baseball term: to tag or force out a runner.

• 二に塁るいで走そう者しゃを殺ころした。

  He put out the runner at second base.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

pawn; hock

Slang: to pawn an item. Often used in the form 質に入れる is more common, but 殺す appears in casual contexts.

• 時計とけいを殺ころして金かねを作つくった。

  I pawned my watch to get some money.