"辻斬り" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨʑiɡʲiɾʲi] Forms: 辻斬り [canonical] (ruby: (つじ), ()), tsujigiri [romanization]
Etymology: 辻 (tsuji, “street”) + 斬り (kiri), from 斬る (kiru, “cut, murder”). Head templates: {{ja-noun|つじぎり}} 辻(つじ)斬(ぎ)り • (tsujigiri)
  1. The killing of a passerby on the road at night, in order to test the sharpness of a sword, or to improve one’s skill.
    Sense id: en-辻斬り-ja-noun-MK8Jq8Y5 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53
  2. One who kills someone such
    Sense id: en-辻斬り-ja-noun-H-map7nC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Murder Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 47 53 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Murder: 43 57
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