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Meaning of 撃墜(げきつい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 撃墜

Kana Reading げきつい

Romaji gekitsui

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

shooting down (aircraft)

Examples of 撃墜, げきつい in a sentence

彼らは空襲を受けたとき敵の飛行機を２機撃墜した。

They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.

Related Kanji

墜 JLPT 1

15 strokes

crash, fall (down)

On'Yomi: ツイ

Kun'Yomi: お.ちる, お.つ

撃 JLPT 1

15 strokes

beat, attack, defeat, conquer

On'Yomi: ゲキ

Kun'Yomi: う.つ