斬新

ざんしん

novel, original, newness

奇抜

きばつ

novel, original, striking, strange, eccentric, fantastic

新奇

しんき

novel

斬新性

ざんしんせい

innovativeness; originality; innovation

斬

ざん

beheading, decapitation

不断の斬新さ

ふだんのざんしんさ

perpetual novelty

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)

斬撃

ざんげき

slash, slashing attack

斬奸

ざんかん

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

奇

き

strange, unconventional

奇奇怪怪

ききかいかい

very strange, bizarre, weird, mysterious

斬鉄剣

ざんてつけん

sword that cuts iron

メッタ斬り

メッタぎり めったぎり

hacking to pieces

斬首刑

ざんしゅけい

decapitation

辻斬り

つじぎり

killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

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