攻

Meaning

攻 centers on forceful action directed at a target: attacking, aggression, or criticizing. The sense of polishing is a natural extension of applying repeated, directed effort to refine something.

• 攻撃こうげき
  N3

  attack; assault; raid; onslaught; offensive

• 攻略こうりゃく

  capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault

• 攻めるせめる
  N2

  to attack; to assault; to assail

• 速攻そっこう

  swift attack; quick attack; fast break; breakaway

• 専攻せんこう
  N3

  major subject; special study

• 侵攻しんこう

  invasion

• 特攻とっこう

  suicide attack; kamikaze attack

• 攻防こうぼう

  offense and defense; offence and defence

• 攻勢こうせい

  offensive (movement); aggression

• 特攻隊とっこうたい

  special attack unit; kamikaze unit; suicide squad

• 攻守こうしゅ

  offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

• 正攻法せいこうほう

  frontal attack

• 猛攻もうこう

  fierce attack

• 先攻せんこう

  batting first

• 攻め込むせめこむ

  to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

• 難攻不落なんこうふらく

  impregnable

• 進攻しんこう

  attack; drive; advance; invasion

• 攻めせめ
  N1

  attack; offence; offense; assault

• 攻囲こうい

  siege

• 水攻めみずぜめ

  inundating a castle; flooding a castle

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