- 殺す【ころす】 - to kill, to slay, to murder, to slaughter, to suppress, to block, to hamper, to destroy (e.g. talent), to eliminate (e.g. an odour), to spoil (e.g. a flavour), to kill (e.g. one's speed), to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to hold back, to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.), to hold (one's breath), to put out (a runner), to pawn, to put in hock 
- 殺人【さつじん】 - murder, homicide, manslaughter 
- 自殺【じさつ】 - suicide 
- 殺害【さつがい】 - killing, murder 
- 殺し【ころし】 - murder, killing, murderer 
- 人殺し【ひとごろし】 - murder, murderer 
- 暗殺【あんさつ】 - assassination 
- 殺人事件【さつじんじけん】 - murder case 
- 殺る【やる】 - to do someone in, to bump someone off 
- 殺し屋【ころしや】 - professional killer, hit man 
- 殺生【せっしょう】 - killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal 
- 殺人犯【さつじんはん】 - murderer 
- 皆殺し【みなごろし】 - massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter 
- ぶっ殺す【ぶっころす】 - to kill, to beat to death 
- 虐殺【ぎゃくさつ】 - slaughter, massacre 
- 射殺【しゃさつ】 - shooting to death 
- 殺人鬼【さつじんき】 - bloodthirsty killer, cold-blooded murderer, homicidal maniac 
- 見殺し【みごろし】 - letting (someone) die without helping 
- 他殺【たさつ】 - murder 
- 相殺【そうさい】 - offset, offsetting each other, cancelling each other out, counterbalancing, set-off, setoff, killing each other