空くう襲しゅう

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

Meanings

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

air raid; aerial attack

Refers to an attack from the air, typically bombing. Can be used as a noun, with する for the action, or as a modifier with の.

〈場ば所しょ〉を空くう襲しゅうするto carry out an air raid on a place
アメリカ軍ぐんは東とう京きょうを空くう襲しゅうした。
The American forces carried out an air raid on Tokyo.
〈場ば所しょ〉が空くう襲しゅうを受うけるfor a place to be hit by an air raid
その町まちは激はげしい空くう襲しゅうを受うけた。
That town was hit by a fierce air raid.
空くう襲しゅうに遭あうto be caught in an air raid
祖そ母ぼは戦せん争そう中ちゅうに空くう襲しゅうに遭あった経けい験けんを話はなしてくれた。
My grandmother told me about her experience of being caught in an air raid during the war.
空くう襲しゅうで〈場ば所しょ〉が焼やけるfor a place to burn down as a result of an air raid
空くう襲しゅうで多おおくの家いえが焼やけた。
Many houses burned down as a result of the air raid.

爆ばく撃げきN1
空襲 specifically means an attack from the air (often bombing a city or target), while 爆撃 is the broader term for bombing that doesn't necessarily involve aircraft.
空くう爆ばく
空爆 is a near-synonym often used in news reporting for aerial bombardment, while 空襲 is the more general and traditional word for an air raid.

防ぼう空くう
空襲 is the aerial attack itself, while 防空 is the defense mounted against such attacks.

襲しゅう撃げきN1
空襲 and 襲撃 share the kanji 襲, but 襲撃 means a sudden assault or raid of any kind (not necessarily from the air), while 空襲 refers specifically to an aerial attack.

回かいN4
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam

Compound of 空 (kuu, 'sky') and 襲 (shuu, 'attack').