挟撃

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: S
げき
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling 夾撃

Etymology

from Sinitic 夾擊 (jiájí, pincer attack). (kyō, to clasp) is a daiyōji replacing uncommon (kyō, to sandwich between).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きょーげき [kyòógékí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

挟撃(きょうげき) (kyōgeki) 

  1. an attack from more than one side; a converging attack; a pincer attack

Verb

挟撃(きょうげき)する (kyōgeki suru) suru (stem 挟撃(きょうげき) (kyōgeki shi), past 挟撃(きょうげき)した (kyōgeki shita))

  1. launch a pincer attack

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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