襲しゅう来らい

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襲来する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	襲しゅう来らいする	襲しゅう来らいしない
Polite	襲しゅう来らいします	襲しゅう来らいしません
Past polite	襲しゅう来らいしました	襲しゅう来らいしませんでした
Past	襲しゅう来らいした	襲しゅう来らいしなかった
Te-form	襲しゅう来らいして	襲しゅう来らいしないで
Desire	襲しゅう来らいしたい	襲しゅう来らいしたくない
Potential	襲しゅう来らいできる	襲しゅう来らいできない
Passive	襲しゅう来らいされる	襲しゅう来らいされない
Causative	襲しゅう来らいさせる	襲しゅう来らいさせない
Causative passive	襲しゅう来らいさせられる	襲しゅう来らいさせられない
Volitional	襲しゅう来らいしよう
Polite volitional	襲しゅう来らいしましょう
Imperative	襲しゅう来らいしろ	襲しゅう来らいするな
Conditional	襲しゅう来らいすれば	襲しゅう来らいしなければ
Tara conditional	襲しゅう来らいしたら	襲しゅう来らいしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

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

Refers to a sudden, often large-scale incursion or arrival of something threatening, such as enemy forces, natural disasters, or pests. Used in both literal and figurative contexts.

台たい風ふうの襲しゅう来らいに備そなえて、食しょく料りょうを買かい込こんだ。
In preparation for the typhoon's arrival, I stocked up on food.
敵てき軍ぐんが国こっ境きょうに襲しゅう来らいした。
The enemy army invaded the border.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が〈場ば所しょ〉に襲しゅう来らいするfor something (a storm, enemy, etc.) to strike/invade a place
巨きょ大だいな台たい風ふうが日本にほん列れっ島とうに襲しゅう来らいした。
A massive typhoon struck the Japanese archipelago.
〈物もの〉の襲しゅう来らいに備そなえるto prepare for the arrival of an invasion/disaster
町まちの人ひと々びとは寒かん波ぱの襲しゅう来らいに備そなえて食しょく料りょうを買かい込こんだ。
The townspeople stocked up on food to prepare for the cold wave's arrival.
〈物もの〉の襲しゅう来らいを受うけるto be hit by an invasion/onslaught of something
その村むらは害がい虫ちゅうの襲しゅう来らいを受うけ、作さく物もつが全ぜん滅めつした。
The village was hit by an invasion of pests, and the crops were wiped out.

Kanji

襲attack, advance on, succeed to
来come, due, next

Related words

来らい襲しゅう
来襲 and 襲来 share almost the same meaning of a sudden attack or arrival, but 襲来 is the more common word in modern Japanese while 来襲 sounds slightly more literary.
侵しん略りゃくN1
侵略 describes a deliberate, often prolonged military or political invasion aimed at conquest, whereas 襲来 stresses the sudden, violent arrival of an attack or calamity.
侵しん入にゅうN2
侵入 focuses on illegally or forcibly entering a place (like an intruder breaking in), while 襲来 emphasizes a large-scale, threatening onslaught arriving from outside.

Don't confuse with

襲しゅう撃げきN1
襲撃 refers to an active, deliberate assault carried out by an attacker, while 襲来 describes the arrival or occurrence of the threat itself, such as a storm or enemy force.

Etymology

Compound of 襲 (attack, raid) and 来 (come, arrive). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of a sudden hostile arrival.