Illustration: On a rural road beside an abandoned checkpoint, a traveler in practical Edo-period clothing has forced an armed attacker backward with a decisive sword stroke. The attacker's sword has fallen onto the dirt, and he drops to one knee with both empty hands raised in surrender.

Beyond N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

討うつ

utsu

to defeat, to avenge

討つ can mean defeating or avenging an enemy; 撃つ means shooting. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. お前まえがシモンの敵てきを討うちたいと望のぞむなら、俺おれは命いのちを捨すてる覚悟かくごもある。

    If you wish to kill Simon’s enemy, I’m prepared to throw away my life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは父親ちちおやのあだを討うった。

    He avenged his father.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そして禅秀ぜんしゅうらを討うって乱らんを平定へいていした。

    Then he defeated Zenshu and his followers and put down the rebellion.

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

Kanji in 討

  • 討examine; attackOnトウKunうつ

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