Illustration: In a Japanese school kendo hall, an armored student drives forward with a bamboo sword aimed at the opponent’s protected head. The attacker’s front foot stamps down, torso committed forward, and arms extend decisively into the strike.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

攻せめる

semeru

to attack

Example sentences

敵てきが後方こうほうから攻せめてきた。
The enemy attacked from behind.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ロシアはドイツを攻せめた。
Russia attacked Germany.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
数かずで劣おとっている以上いじょう、攻せめるわけにはいかない。
As they were overwhelmed by the sheer number, there was not an option for them to attack.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 攻

攻aggression; attackOnコウKunせめる

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