百人斬り

ひゃくにんぎり

slaying 100 enemies with one's sword

メッタ斬り

メッタぎり めったぎり

hacking to pieces

辻斬り

つじぎり

killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

斬

ざん

beheading, decapitation

撫で斬り

なでぎり

clean sweep, killing several with one sword sweep

試し斬り

ためしぎり

trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

斬り合い

きりあい

crossing swords, fighting with swords, cutting each other (in fighting)

斬罪

ざんざい

(execution by) decapitation

斬首

ざんしゅ

decapitated head, decapitation

斬殺

ざんさつ

putting to the sword

斬る

きる

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)

斬新

ざんしん

novel, original, newness

斬撃

ざんげき

slash, slashing attack

斬奸

ざんかん

killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)

斬りかかる

きりかかる

to assault with a sword, to stab at, to slash at

斬鉄剣

ざんてつけん

sword that cuts iron

斬首刑

ざんしゅけい

decapitation

斬新性

ざんしんせい

innovativeness; originality; innovation

斬奸状

ざんかんじょう

letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain, assassin's written vindication of his killing