Meaning

Primary

Attack

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

With aggression you attack the enemy. This is an attack.

Reading

こうげき
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

サーバーがサイバー攻撃を受けている。

The server is under cyber attack.

敵はまず巨大都市を攻撃してくるだろう。

The enemy will probably attack the megacities first.

後ろから攻撃を仕掛けてくるなんて、ひきょうだぞ!

You are such a coward to make a surprise attack from the back.

今まで見た中で一番セクシーなミサイル攻撃だったよ。

It was the sexiest missile attack I’ve ever seen.

昨日、武力攻撃が開始された。

Yesterday, an armed attack was launched.

Kanji Composition