Illustration: During an early Edo castle siege, an attacking force has just secured the inner gate after overcoming its defenses. Their commander stands inside the gateway directing soldiers onto the wall, while the former defenders lay down their spears in the courtyard.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

攻こう略りゃく

kouryaku

to capture, to conquer

Example sentences

  1. 高取城たかとりじょう攻略こうりゃくを図はかるが失敗しっぱいした。

    Their attempt to take Takatori castle failed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. この間かん、織田軍おだぐんは上杉領うえすぎりょうの能登国のとくに、加賀国かがくにを攻略こうりゃくする。

    In the meantime, the Oda army captured the Noto and Kaga Provinces, Uesugi’s territories.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. さらに、東北戦争とうほくせんそうでは、仙台藩せんだいはん、会津藩あいづはんなどの攻略こうりゃくを行おこなった。

    Furthermore, during the Tohoku War, he succeeded in capturing some areas including the Sendai and Aizu Domains.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 攻略

  • 攻aggression; attackOnコウKunせめる
  • 略abbreviation; omissionOnリャクKunほぼ・はぶく・おかす

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