襲う (おそう): to attack — Japanese vocabulary
襲う is read おそう and means "to attack". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
襲う
- Reading
- おそう · osou
- Translation
- to attack
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- おそうがおそうが
Example
彼は夜遅く帰宅の途中で襲われた。
かれはよるおそくきたくのとちゅうでおそわれた。
He was attacked as he was returning home late at night.
Kanji in this word
- 襲 — Attack, Advance On, Succeed To
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