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犠牲

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犠牲

noun ぎせい

  1. 神事にあたり、家畜などを殺し、神に捧げること、または、その捧げた物。
  2. ある目的のために、それと引き換えに自分の生命や大切なものを手放すこと。また、その手放したもの。
  3. 災難などによって死んだり負傷したりすること。

Similar: 贄, cf., 生贄, 被災, 罹災

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noun

Similar: 贄, cf., 生贄, 被災, 罹災

In English

  • sacrifice human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing, offered to a
  • victim a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {犠牲},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ja/%E7%8A%A0%E7%89%B2},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}