退治 (Taiji) is a Japanese noun meaning “extermination, elimination, eradication, destruction”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbextermination; elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression; subjugation
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrenouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcuring (an illness)
Examples
しかも初陣があのドラゴン退治！
What's more, our first battle is to defeat that dragon!
彼はありを退治しようと思った。
He tried to get rid of the ants.
われわれは彼の家のねずみを退治した。
We rid his house of mice.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).