襲

Meaning

襲 centers on a forceful, layered action: attacking or advancing on someone, and by extension, succeeding to a role or piling things up in a stacked, overlapping manner.

• 襲うおそう
  N2

  to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down

• 襲撃しゅうげき
  N1

  (surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge

• 空襲くうしゅう

  air-raid

• 襲来しゅうらい

  invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

• 逆襲ぎゃくしゅう

  counterattack

• 奇襲きしゅう

  surprise attack

• 世襲せしゅう

  heredity; heritage

• 踏襲とうしゅう

  following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing

• 強襲きょうしゅう

  assault; violent attack

• 急襲きゅうしゅう

  raid; assault; descent

• 来襲らいしゅう

  (incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault

• 襲いかかるおそいかかる

  to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

• 襲名しゅうめい

  succession to another's professional name

• 侵襲しんしゅう

  invasion; infestation

• 夜襲やしゅう

  night attack; nocturnal assault

• 敵襲てきしゅう

  enemy attack; enemy raid

• ドーリットル空襲ドーリットルくうしゅう

  Doolittle raid

• 下襲したがさね

  garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hō robe in court ceremonial dress

• 世襲制せしゅうせい

  hereditary system; hereditary succession

• 世襲的せしゅうてき

  hereditary

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