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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
- —日中戦争Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); war between Japan and China
- —休戦地帯demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
- —交戦地帯battle zone
- —自由戦士freedom fighter
- —人道作戦humanitarian operation
- —成長戦略growth strategy
- —戦争計画war plan
- —戦争準備war preparation
- —戦争責任war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
- —戦争戦略war strategy
- —戦争被害war damage
- —通常戦争conventional war
- —停戦協定cease-fire deal
- —停戦合意cease-fire agreement
- —反戦デモantiwar demonstration
- —臨戦態勢war preparation
- —三つ巴戦playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
- —徹底抗戦do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
- —力戦奮闘fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts
- —戦々慄々trembling with fear; filled with trepidation