進攻|しんこうshinkou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbattack; drive; advance; invasion
Conjugation
Dictionary form進攻する(しんこうする)
Polite (masu)進攻します(しんこうします)
Negative (nai)進攻しない(しんこうしない)
polite (masen)進攻しません(しんこうしません)
classical zu / nu進攻せず・進攻せぬ(しんこうせず・しんこうせぬ)
Past (ta)進攻した(しんこうした)
polite (mashita)進攻しました(しんこうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)進攻しなかった(しんこうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)進攻しませんでした(しんこうしませんでした)
Te form進攻して(しんこうして)
Potential進攻できる(しんこうできる)
Passive進攻される(しんこうされる)
Causative進攻させる(しんこうさせる)
Causative passive進攻させられる(しんこうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)進攻すれば(しんこうすれば)
tara進攻したら(しんこうしたら)
Volitional進攻しよう(しんこうしよう)
polite (mashou)進攻しましょう(しんこうしましょう)
Imperative進攻しろ(しんこうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym攻撃こうげきNeutralThe broadest word for attack, also used of verbal attacks as in 「攻撃的な発言」. 進攻 is narrower — troops advancing on the enemy to attack.
  • SynonymアタックCasualColloquial loanword: an attack, or an attempt at a difficult task or a summit climb. 進攻 is strictly military advance.
  • SynonymせめNeutralNeutral word for offence or an attacking push, mostly in sports and games, as in 「攻めの姿勢」. 進攻 is about troops advancing, not play.
  • Related襲撃しゅうげきWrittenWritten/formal prose for a surprise attack, as in 「襲撃事件」. 進攻 suggests a planned military advance rather than an unexpected strike.
  • Related来襲らいしゅうWrittenWritten/formal: enemy planes, typhoons and the like bearing down on you, as in 「敵機来襲」; 「進攻」 instead views the attack as a force pushing forward.
  • Related襲来しゅうらいWrittenWritten/formal: disasters or cold snaps arriving, as in 「寒波の襲来」; 「進攻」 is an army actively pushing forward to attack.
  • Antonym撤退てったいNeutralAntonym on the advance–retreat axis: pulling out of positions and falling back, where 進攻 means moving forward to attack.
  • Antonym防御ぼうぎょNeutralAntonym on the attack–defense axis: holding off the enemy's attacks and protecting, the counterpart to 進攻's advancing assault.

For troops advancing into enemy territory to attack, use 「進攻」, as in 「敵地に進攻する」. For attack in general use 「攻撃」; for a surprise strike 「襲撃」; for an enemy or storm arriving 「来襲」. The opposites are 「防御」 and 「撤退」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 軍ぐんを進すすめ敵てきを攻せめること。
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