攻略|こうりゃくkouryaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcapture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdefeating (an opponent)
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verbattacking (a problem) strategically
  4. noun, video gamesstrategy; tactics; walkthrough; guide
Conjugation
Dictionary form攻略する(こうりゃくする)
Polite (masu)攻略します(こうりゃくします)
Negative (nai)攻略しない(こうりゃくしない)
polite (masen)攻略しません(こうりゃくしません)
classical zu / nu攻略せず・攻略せぬ(こうりゃくせず・こうりゃくせぬ)
Past (ta)攻略した(こうりゃくした)
polite (mashita)攻略しました(こうりゃくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)攻略しなかった(こうりゃくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)攻略しませんでした(こうりゃくしませんでした)
Te form攻略して(こうりゃくして)
Potential攻略できる(こうりゃくできる)
Passive攻略される(こうりゃくされる)
Causative攻略させる(こうりゃくさせる)
Causative passive攻略させられる(こうりゃくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)攻略すれば(こうりゃくすれば)
tara攻略したら(こうりゃくしたら)
Volitional攻略しよう(こうりゃくしよう)
polite (mashou)攻略しましょう(こうりゃくしましょう)
Imperative攻略しろ(こうりゃくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym征服せいふくNeutralWritten/formal prose for conquest, as in 「エベレスト征服」; stresses total subjugation, whereas 「攻略」 stresses taking something by strategy or beating a game.
  • Antonym敗北はいぼくNeutralWritten/formal prose for defeat or loss; the opposite of 「攻略」 in the sense of overcoming a challenge versus being beaten.
  • Antonym敗戦はいせんNeutralWritten/formal prose for losing a war or battle; contrasts with 「攻略」 succeeding in capturing or taking something.

Use 「攻略」 for capturing a stronghold or cracking a challenge by strategy, as in 「ゲーム攻略」「攻略本」「難関校の攻略」; for total subjugation say 「征服」; the opposite is 「敗北」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 攻撃こうげきして奪い取うばいとること。
  2. 攻撃こうげきして相手あいてを打ち負うちまかすこと。
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