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, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
夜討ち

From () (yo) + () (uchi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (utsu).).

Pronunciation

Noun

ようち • (youchi) ようち (youti)?

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

References

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