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English translation: to possess

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12:32 May 16, 2011

Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / horror manga

Japanese term or phrase: とり

in the sentences: 呪い殺してやる。化けて出てやる。とり殺してやる。
I'm translating a horror manga by Junji Itou entitled "The Will"
The sentences is found in suicide letter from an adopted daughter who fled from home.
I don't understand what the phrase above mean. What I got from the previous translation help is that:
the 1st sentence means "I will cast a death spell to you" (answered by movingpix)
the 2nd sentence means "I will haunt you" (gotten from google translation)
the 3rd sentence: I don't understand whom being killed now, for in the manga it's written in hiragana instead of kanji.
Could you help me understanding the phrase?
thanks a lot for the help

AtelierPuuPuu KudoZ activity Questions: 2 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 11:26

English translation:to possess

Explanation:
新和英大辞典第５版 says "とりころす【取り殺す】" means to "possess sb and cause that person's death".

One example translation from 新和英中辞典:

悪霊に取り殺される be possessed and killed by an evil spirit.

I hope this helps.

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I found a good reference:

http://www.eudict.com/index.php?lang=engjpk&word=[とりころす] to ...

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Benshin
Japan
Local time: 13:26

Grading comment

thanks a lot. I'd checked EUdict b4, but can't find it there (I guess I'm not good at searching in EUdict :D)
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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

to possess

Benshin

Kill

David Patrick

Summary of reference entries provided

FYI

cinefil

FYI

Masami Matsuyuki

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

42 mins confidence:

Kill

Explanation:
とりころす is used for when a person is killed by a ghost or spirit so I think translating it as "kill" or "murder" would be fine.

David Patrick
Native speaker of:

English

46 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

to possess

Benshin
Japan
Local time: 13:26
Native speaker of: Japanese

Grading comment

thanks a lot. I'd checked EUdict b4, but can't find it there (I guess I'm not good at searching in EUdict :D)

Reference comments

18 mins

Reference: FYI

Reference information:
とり‐つ・く【取り付く】
憑(ﾖ)りつく。たたりつく。のりうつる。栄華楚王夢「御物のけの—・きたてまつりにければ」。「物に—・かれたような目」
広辞苑　第四版
http://www.weblio.jp/content/取り殺す

cinefil
Japan
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 15

4 hrs

Reference: FYI

Reference information:
For an imagery of とり殺してやる in English....

Reference: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/the-number-of-the-bea...

Masami Matsuyuki
United States
Native speaker of:

Japanese

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