Example sentence
私は 虫を 殺すことができない。How 殺す is used
殺す primarily means to kill or to murder. It can also be used figuratively to mean to suppress, such as in 声を 殺す (to muffle one's voice) or 息を 殺す (to hold one's breath).
More words from level 14
- 後atoafter
- こちらkochirahere, this way
- 向かうmukauto face, head toward
- きっとkittosurely
- 変わるkawaruto change
- すごいsugoiwonderful, great