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暗殺Ansatsu: what it means in anime
あんさつ · ansatsu
assassination
Ansatsu means "assassination". It is the 暗殺 in 暗殺教室 (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu), the Japanese title of Assassination Classroom.
Updated November 2, 2026
Where you hear it
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暗殺の計画 進めようぜIt's time to put our assassination plan into action.
Assassination ClassroomEpisode 1 · 38 lines in episodes 1–3 -
あと 暗殺の意味 分かってる？Kusarigama, do you know what "assassination" means?
Soul EaterEpisode 2 · 15 lines in episodes 1–3
From the Japanese subtitles · how we count
Usage and nuance
The kanji read as "dark" plus "kill": a killing done in secret. 暗殺者 (ansatsusha) is "assassin", and 暗殺する is "to assassinate".
In Assassination Classroom the word is routine homework: 暗殺の計画進めようぜ, "let's move ahead with the assassination plan". Soul Eater gets comedy out of Black Star, who comes from a clan of assassins and is the loudest person in every room.
For a plain killing anime uses 殺す (korosu) and 殺し (koroshi). 暗殺 adds planning, a target and secrecy, which is why it suits spies and ninja stories.
Hear 暗殺 in Assassination Classroom38 lines in episodes 1–3 · tappable subtitles · free, no account