特別攻撃隊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
特 別 攻 撃 隊
とく
Grade: 4		 べつ
Grade: 4		 こう
Grade: S		 げき
Grade: S		 たい
Grade: 4
kan’on kan’yōon kan’on kan’yōon kan’on
Alternative spelling
特別攻擊隊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

A compound of 特別 (tokubetsu, “special”) + 攻撃 (kōgeki, “attack”) +‎ 隊 (-tai, “team”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) とくべつこーげきたい [tòkúbétsú kóógékítáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝbe̞t͡sɨᵝ ko̞ːɡe̞kʲita̠i]

Noun

特(とく)別(べつ)攻(こう)撃(げき)隊(たい) • (tokubetsu kōgeki-tai) 

  1. (military, historical) a specially-organized attack force, the most notable being the kamikaze (suicide bombing) attack corps during World War II

Derived terms

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