Word details

夜襲

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 夜襲.

Dictionary

Entry

夜襲しゅうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #28423
1

night attack; nocturnal assault

Examples
わが軍は敵に夜襲をかけた。
Our army attacked the enemy during the night.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

night, evening

8 strokesFrequency 487JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

よる

attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap

22 strokesFrequency 1,130JLPT N1Grade 8

On

シュウ

Kun

おそ.うかさ.ね

Nanori

そい

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