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殺人犯 (さつじんはん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

殺さつ人じん犯はん

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Meanings

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noun

Refers to a person who has committed murder. Used in legal, news, and general contexts.

警けい察さつは殺さつ人じん犯はんを逮たい捕ほした。
The police arrested the murderer.
彼かれは連れん続ぞく殺さつ人じん犯はんとして知しられて

いる

。

He is known as a serial murderer.

Kanji

殺kill, murder, butcher
人person
犯crime, sin, offense

Similar words

殺さつ人じん
殺人 means 'murder' (the act), while 殺人犯 refers specifically to the person who commits it.
犯はん人にん
犯人 is a general term for 'criminal' or 'culprit'; 殺人犯 specifies the crime as murder.

Etymology

Compound of 殺人 (satsujin, 'murder') and 犯 (han, 'criminal' or 'offender').