Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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()() (machibuse

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

Verb

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

  1. lie in wait
  2. perform an ambush

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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