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 夜(よ) (yo) + 討(う)ち (uchi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 討(う)つ (utsu).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ようち [yòúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ようち​ [yòúchíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

ようち • (youchi) ^{←ようち (youti)?}

1. (military) nighttime attack

Coordinate terms

• 朝駆(あさが)け (asagake)