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戦 kanji
war, battle, match
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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セン
Kun readings
いくさたたかうおののくそよぐわななく
Variant forms
戰Words with 戦
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —酒合戦drinking game
- —感想戦post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem
- —野合戦battle in the open; battle on an open field
- —対人戦PvP battle; battle between human players (as opposed to AI)
- —戦間期interwar period (1918-1939)
- —塹壕戦trench warfare
- —三戦神the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)
- —場外戦fight outside the stadium; fighting outside the ring
- —大作戦large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
- —ボス戦boss battle; boss fight
- —大戦争major war; great war; world war
- —戦争画battle painting; war painting
- —対抗戦match; game; competition
- —日本戦match in which Japan plays; Japan match; Japan game
- —情報戦information warfare; information war
- —殲滅戦war of annihilation; war of extermination
- —陣地戦position warfare; stationary warfare
- —近接戦close-quarters combat; close-quarters battle; CQC; CQB
- —認知戦cognitive warfare
- —頭脳戦battle of the brains; battle of wits; psychological battle