Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

()() (machibuse

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

Verb edit

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

  1. lie in wait
  2. perform an ambush

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN