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    3. 待ち伏せ

    待ち伏せ

    待まち​伏ぶせ​

    ambush

    KMT10News #45+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveMilitaryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    待ちぶせ待伏せ

    まちぶせ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    ambush, lying in wait for an ambush

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    敵てきは待まち伏ぶせしていた。

    The enemy was lying in wait.

    KMT7Military
    彼かれらは森もりの中なかで獲え物ものを待まち伏ぶせした。

    They ambushed their prey in the forest.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    待まち伏ぶせ攻こう撃げきは、敵てきの不ふ意いを突つく効こう果か的てきな戦せん術じゅつだ。

    An ambush attack is an effective tactic for catching the enemy off guard.

    KMT10Military
    ゲリラ部ブ隊タイは山さん道どうで敵てきの輸ゆ送そう隊たいを待まち伏ぶせした。

    The guerrilla unit ambushed the enemy's convoy on the mountain road.

    KMT10Military
    待まち伏ぶせに遭あわないよう、警けい戒かいしながら進すすんだ。

    We advanced cautiously so as not to fall into an ambush.

    KMT10Military

    Characters that make up this word

    待
    ま.つ・-ま.ち…(3)
    wait・depend on
    Kanji
    伏
    ふ.せる・ふ.す…(3)
    prostrated・bend down・bow・cover・lay (pipes)
    Kanji
    ち
    chi
    Kana
    せ
    se
    Kana
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