Japanese

ころしあう
Meaning: to kill each other
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 殺し合う 殺し合わない
Polite 殺し合います 殺し合いません
Past 殺し合った 殺し合わなかった
Polite + Past 殺し合いました 殺し合いませんでした
Te-form 殺し合って 殺し合わなくて
Potential 殺し合える 殺し合えない
Passive 殺し合われる 殺し合われない
Causative 殺し合わせる 殺し合わせない
Causative + Passive 殺し合わされる 殺し合わされない
Imperative 殺し合え 殺し合うな

Handwriting

殺
し
合
う

Example

It is sad that people kill each other in war.

Usage Notes

A compound verb formed by 'korosu' (to kill) and 'au' (to do together/reciprocally). Describes mutual killing.

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