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攻め

せめ

attack; offence; assault

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Examples

  1. 後半は攻めに転じた。

    こうはんはせめにてんじた。

    In the second half they switched to attack.

  2. 彼は来客攻めにあった。

    かれはらいきゃくぜめにあった。

    He was besieged by visitors.

  3. うちのチームは守りは固いが、攻めが単調だ。

    うちのちーむはまもりはかたいが、せめがたんちょうだ。

    Our team's defence is solid, but our attacking play is monotonous.

Common patterns

攻めと守り
offence and defence
攻めに転じる
to go on the offensive
質問攻め
a barrage of questions

Memory tip

The noun of 攻める. As a suffix it voices to -ぜめ and means 'a relentless barrage of': 質問攻め, 来客攻め. Keep it apart from its homophone 責め (blame, torment), from 責める.

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