迎え撃つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
迎	撃
むか Grade: S	う Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
迎え擊つ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 迎え (mukae, “the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 迎(むか)える (mukaeru)”) +‎ 撃つ (utsu, “to attack”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むかえう​つ [mùkáéúꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠e̞ɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Verb

迎(むか)え撃(う)つ • (mukaeutsu) transitive godan (stem 迎(むか)え撃(う)ち (mukaeuchi), past 迎(むか)え撃(う)った (mukaeutta))

1. to meet (the enemy) and attack, to engage (the enemy)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "迎え撃つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	迎え撃た	むかえうた	mukaeuta
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	迎え撃ち	むかえうち	mukaeuchi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	迎え撃つ	むかえうつ	mukaeutsu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	迎え撃つ	むかえうつ	mukaeutsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	迎え撃て	むかえうて	mukaeute
Meireikei ("imperative")	迎え撃て	むかえうて	mukaeute
Key constructions
Passive	迎え撃たれる	むかえうたれる	mukaeutareru
Causative	迎え撃たせる 迎え撃たす	むかえうたせる むかえうたす	mukaeutaseru mukaeutasu
Potential	迎え撃てる	むかえうてる	mukaeuteru
Volitional	迎え撃とう	むかえうとう	mukaeutō
Negative	迎え撃たない	むかえうたない	mukaeutanai
Negative continuative	迎え撃たず	むかえうたず	mukaeutazu
Formal	迎え撃ちます	むかえうちます	mukaeuchimasu
Perfective	迎え撃った	むかえうった	mukaeutta
Conjunctive	迎え撃って	むかえうって	mukaeutte
Hypothetical conditional	迎え撃てば	むかえうてば	mukaeuteba