ようち

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ようち – see the following entry.
【幼稚】
[adjective] very young
[adjective] childish, infantile, immature
[noun] infancy
[noun] immaturity, childishness
(This term, ようち (yōchi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
夜討ち

From 夜(よ) (yo) + 討(う)ち (uchi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 討(う)つ (utsu).”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ようち • (youchi) ←ようち (youti)?

  1. (military) nighttime attack
Coordinate terms
  • 朝駆(あさが)け (asagake)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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