待ち伏せ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 待ち (machi, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of () (matsu, to wait)) + 伏せ (fuse, the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of ()せる (fuseru, to bend down)). The fuse changes to buse as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちぶせ [màchíbúsé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡ɕibɯ̟ᵝse̞]

Noun

()() (machibuse) 

  1. ambush (a disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station)

Verb

()()する (machibuse suru) suru (stem ()() (machibuse shi), past ()()した (machibuse shita))

  1. lie in wait
  2. perform an ambush

Conjugation

See also

References

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