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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
- —誘致合戦rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality
- —両面作戦operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
- —籠城作戦strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
- —三光作戦Three Alls Strategy (Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War)
- —日清戦役First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
- —日露戦役Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
- —中日戦争Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- —日華戦争Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- —交通戦争chaos on the roads; traffic war
- —戦意高揚lifting of fighting spirit
- —対中戦略strategy for dealing with China
- —戦争挑発aggression; warmongering
- —冷戦終結the end of the Cold War (1989)
- —戦闘ロボbattle robot; war robot
- —刺客戦術(strategy of) fielding political candidates to unseat rivals in one's own party
- —戦術計画tactical plan
- —企業戦士corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)
- —Ａ級戦犯class-A war criminal
- —薔薇戦争War of the Roses (1455-1485)
- —全戦全敗failed at every attempt; defeated in every (match, battle, etc.)