待ち伏せる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Verbification of the noun ()() (machibuse)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちぶせる [màchíbúsérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ちぶせ [màchíbúséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠t͡ɕibɯ̟se̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

()()せる • (machibuserutransitive ichidan (stem ()() (machibuse), past ()()せた (machibuseta))

  1. to ambush

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN