From: Angus King EMBL BITNET> Date: 17 dec 1991 Subject: Re: What does "shikake" mean ? SHIKAKE should read SHIKAKERU. As is usual one needs to know in which context the word appears!! If someone is on the attack, then the process of attack is called SHIKAKERU WANA O SHIKAKERU means that the attackeris attacking by means of a set trap. KOGEKI O SHIKAKERU means that the attack has started. Hope that was helpfull ANGUS