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てき
敵
が
こうげき
攻撃
しそうなところに
さきまわ
先回
りして
て
手
を
う
打
っておいた。
We anticipated where the enemy would attack.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
敵が攻撃しそうなところに先回りして手を打っておいた。
Conjugations and inflections
  攻撃しそう is the そう form of 'suru' verb 攻撃   ALL INFLECTIONS
  先回りして is the te form of 'suru' verb 先回り   ALL INFLECTIONS
  手を打っておいた is the past form of the ておく form of 'tsu' godan verb 手を打つ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
て き 3
Most common form: てき
noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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こ う げ き 0
1. attack; strike; offensive  (see also: 守備)
2. criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation
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と こ ろ 3 と こ ろ 0
Most common form: 所
noun, suffix
1. place; spot; scene; site  (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
2. address  (often written with kana only)
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さ き ま わ り 3 さ き ま わ り 0
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
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て を う つ 0
expression, 'tsu' godan verb
1. to take measures (in face of events being anticipated)
2. to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain
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Kanji
敵
テキ   かたき enemy   
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啇
old trader
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商
ショウ   trader   あきなう to trade, deal in   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
冏
bright   
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
攵
ぼく strike   
攻
コウ   attack   せめる to launch an attack   
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
撃
ゲキ   うつ to trounce, to beat   
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
軗
the car and the lance shaft
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車
シャ   くるま car   
殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
先
セン   さき ahead   
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⺧
whereupon by the ground
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
回
カイ   エ   まわる to revolve   まわす to make turn   
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囗
box, enclosure   
打
ダ   うつ to strike   
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扌
hand
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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