射翳まぶし

noun

makeshift hunting blind; waiting in a makeshift hunting blind

Archaic term for a temporary hide used in hunting, or the act of waiting there. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、猟りょう師しが射ま翳ぶしで獲え物ものを待まつ様よう子すが記しるされている。

  Old documents describe hunters waiting for prey in a makeshift blind.

noun

ambush; troops in ambush

Archaic military sense: an ambush or soldiers lying in wait. Likely an extension of the hunting blind meaning.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの軍ぐん記きには、射まぶ翳しを設もうけて敵てきを待まち伏ぶせる戦せん法ぽうが登とう場じょうする。

  War tales from the Sengoku period mention tactics of setting up an ambush and lying in wait for the enemy.