不意を打つ

不意を討つ

Reading

Kana: ふいをうつ

Romaji: fuiwoutsu

Definition

exp

v5t

1

to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack

See also: 不意をつく

Kanji

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

意

Reading: イ

Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

打

Readings: ダ、 ダアス、 う.つ、 う.ち-、 ぶ.つ

Meanings: strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

討

Readings: トウ、 う.つ

Meanings: chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer

Example Sentence

不意(ふい)を討(う)たれて私(わたし)は何(なに)も言(い)う事(こと)を思(おもつ)い付()かなかった。

➥Taken by surprise, I couldn't think of anything to say.