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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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On readings
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
- —劇戦fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
- —策戦tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
- —戦捷winning a war; victory
- —戦歿death in battle; killed in action
- —戦鎚war hammer; pole hammer
- —弔合戦fighting to avenge someone's death; battle of revenge
- —ゼロ戦Zero fighter plane
- —入替戦playoff match to determine promotion and relegation (played between bottom-ranked teams of the higher division and top-ranked teams of the lower division)
- —鱈戦争Cod Wars (UK-Iceland confrontations over fishing rights; 1958, 1971, 1975)
- —戦隊物Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
- —協同戦線common front; united front
- —南阿戦争(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
- —戦戦恐恐trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
- —戦々兢々trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
- —戦戦兢兢trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
- —百戦練磨veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
- —決戦投票final vote; run-off ballot
- —ともえ戦dogfight; play-off with 3 wrestlers participating
- —総当り戦round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
- —阿片戦争Opium War (1840-42)