奇き襲しゅう

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しゅ

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奇襲する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

surprise attack; raid

A sudden, unexpected military or tactical strike. Also used figuratively for unexpected actions that catch someone off guard. Commonly used with する and as a noun modifier with の.

敵てきは夜よ明あけ前まえに奇き襲しゅうをかけてきた。
The enemy launched a surprise attack before dawn.
彼かれらは奇き襲しゅう作さく戦せんで一いっ気きに形けい勢せいを逆ぎゃく転てんした。
They turned the tide at once with a surprise-attack operation.

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Usage patterns

〈相あい手て〉に奇き襲しゅうを仕し掛かけるto launch a surprise attack on someone
敵てき軍ぐんは夜よ明あけ前まえに奇き襲しゅうを仕し掛かけた。
The enemy forces launched a surprise attack just before dawn.
奇き襲しゅうを受うけるto be caught in a surprise attack
村むらは突とつ然ぜん奇き襲しゅうを受うけ、混こん乱らんに陥おちいった。
The village suddenly came under surprise attack and fell into chaos.
奇き襲しゅうに成せい功こうするto succeed in a surprise attack
部ぶ隊たいは奇き襲しゅうに成せい功こうし、要よう塞さいを占せん拠きょした。
The unit succeeded in the surprise attack and seized the fortress.

Expressions

奇き襲しゅうをかけるlaunch a surprise attack

Kanji

奇strange, strangeness, curiosity
襲attack, advance on, succeed to

Related words· 7

急きゅう襲しゅう
急襲 emphasizes the speed and swiftness of an attack, while 奇襲 emphasizes catching the opponent completely off guard.
不ふ意い打うち
不意打ち is a broader term for any surprise move, used in sports or personal situations as well as combat, whereas 奇襲 is a more strictly military, tactical term.
襲しゅう撃げきN1
襲撃 refers to any attack or assault regardless of whether it is a surprise, while 奇襲 specifically stresses the element of surprise.
待まち伏ぶせN1
奇襲 emphasizes the sudden attack itself, while 待ち伏せ emphasizes hiding and waiting quietly before striking.

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遊ゆう撃げき
奇襲 stresses the element of surprise in a single attack, while 遊撃 emphasizes repeated, mobile hit-and-run strikes without a fixed target.
速そっ攻こう
奇襲 stresses catching the enemy off guard, whereas 速攻 simply means a fast, aggressive attack without implying surprise.
電でん撃げき
奇襲 highlights the element of catching the enemy unaware, whereas 電撃 stresses the swiftness and decisiveness of the strike itself.

Word family

奇き襲しゅう作さく戦せん
surprise attack operation; surprise tactics
奇き襲しゅう攻こう撃げき
surprise attack; ambush

Etymology

Compound of 奇 (ki, 'strange, unexpected') and 襲 (shū, 'attack, raid'). The word is a Sino-Japanese term that entered Japanese from classical Chinese, where it referred to a sudden military strike.