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JLPT N1 · Noun

犠牲 (gisei)

犠牲 (ぎせい, gisei) is a Japanese noun meaning “sacrifice”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ぎせい
Romaji
gisei
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. sacrifice · noun
  2. victim (esp. someone killed); casualty · noun · abbreviation
  3. sacrifice (to a deity) · noun

Example sentences

数千人がこの病気の犠牲になった。
Thousands of people became victims of this disease.
Tatoeba #143516

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 犠牲

犠
sacrificeギ・キ・いけにえ · 17 strokes
牲
animal sacrifice, offeringセイ · 9 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1225450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.