蛇の生殺し

へびのなまごろし

state of uncertainty, limbo, leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering, dragging out tortuously, half-killing a snake

生殺

せいさつ

sparing life and taking life, letting live and killing

殺生

せっしょう

killing, destruction of life

不殺生

ふせっしょう

ahimsa; abstinence from taking life; principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.

殺生丸

せっしょうまる

Sesshomaru (character in the anime Inuyasha)

一殺多生

いっさつたしょう いっせつたしょう

It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many

殺生禁断

せっしょうきんだん

prohibition against hunting and fishing

生殺与奪

せいさつよだつ

(having) life-and-death power (over)

殺し

ころし

murder, killing, murderer

牛殺し

うしころし

Oriental photinia (species of shrub, Photinia villosa)

見殺し

みごろし

letting (someone) die without helping

主殺し

しゅうごろし しゅころし

murder of one's master

半殺し

はんごろし

half killed

皆殺し

みなごろし

massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter

殺し屋

ころしや

professional killer, hit man

親殺し

おやごろし

parricide

子殺し

こごろし こころし

infanticide

女殺し

おんなごろし

lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women), knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)

男殺し

おとこごろし

temptress, flirt, minx, coquette, charmer, siren, man-trap