guerrilla; guerrilla warfare
Refers to irregular military fighters or the tactics they use. Often used in compounds like ゲリラ戦 (guerrilla warfare).
ゲリラが山岳地帯で活動している。
Guerrillas are operating in the mountainous area.
The anti-government forces waged guerrilla warfare in the mountainous region.
政府軍はゲリラ戦に苦しめられた。
The government forces were plagued by guerrilla warfare.
noun-modifying (irregular)
Prenominal use describing something that appears suddenly and locally, like a guerrilla attack. Most common in the compound ゲリラ豪雨 (sudden torrential downpour).
See also: ゲリラ豪雨
ゲリラ豪雨で駅前が冠水した。
The area in front of the station was flooded by a sudden torrential downpour.
The company surprised the public with a sudden, out-of-the-blue announcement.
The villagers fled after being attacked by guerrillas.
The band suddenly started playing on a street corner, without any prior announcement.
正規軍 is a formally organized national army, the direct opposite of the irregular, non-state fighters called ゲリラ.
ゴリラ means 'gorilla' (the animal) and is easily mixed up with ゲリラ (guerrilla) because the two katakana words sound and look almost identical.
guerrilla; guerrilla soldier
guerrilla warfare
unexpectedly strong snowstorm; sudden snowstorm
surprise concert; guerrilla live
Loanword from Spanish 'guerrilla', diminutive of 'guerra' (war). The prenominal sense derives from the unpredictable, hit-and-run nature of guerrilla tactics.