Moto 戦: War; Battle; MatchKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セン
- Kun'yomi
- いくさ、たたか(う)、おのの(く)、そよ(ぐ)、わなな(く)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 784 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セン)
- 戦争せんそうwar
- 戦後せんごpostwar period; period after Second World War
- 作戦さくせんtactics; strategy
- 停戦ていせんarmistice; ceasefire
- 冷戦れいせんcold war
- 回戦かいせんevent with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.
- 戦略せんりゃくstrategy; tactics
- 戦闘せんとうbattle; fight
- 内戦ないせんcivil war
- 挑戦ちょうせんchallenge; defiance
- 大戦たいせんgreat war; great battle
- 戦線せんせん(war) front
- 戦術せんじゅつtactics
- 戦前せんぜんpre-war days; before the war
- 終戦しゅうせんend of war; cessation of hostilities
- 初戦しょせんfirst match (in a series)
- 戦力せんりょくwar potential; military strength
- 戦車せんしゃtank (military vehicle)
- 敗戦はいせんdefeat; lost battle
- 選挙戦せんきょせんelection campaign
- 対戦たいせんfighting (against); taking on (an opponent)
- 戦時せんじwartime
- 開戦かいせんoutbreak of war; starting a war
- 合戦かっせんbattle; fight
- 太平洋戦争たいへいようせんそうPacific War (1941-1945)
- 公式戦こうしきせんregular game; regular-season game
- 反戦はんせんanti-war
- 戦場せんじょうbattlefield; battleground
- 接戦せっせんclose combat; close contest
- 激戦げきせんfierce battle; hard-fought battle
- 論戦ろんせんverbal dispute
- 戦火せんかwartime fire
- 混戦こんせんconfused fight; free-for-all
- 第二次世界大戦だいにじせかいたいせんSecond World War; World War II
- 苦戦くせんhard fight; close game
- 決戦けっせんdecisive battle; deciding match
- 熱戦ねっせんfierce fight; close contest
- 休戦きゅうせんcease-fire; truce
- 商戦しょうせんsales battle; business competition
- 実戦じっせんcombat; battle
- 戦没せんぼつdeath in battle; killed in action
- 観戦かんせんwatching a (sports) game; spectating
- 連戦れんせんseries of battles; successive battles
- 参戦さんせんparticipation in a war; going to war
- 戦中せんちゅうduring the war
- 後半戦こうはんせんsecond half
- 戦国せんごくcountry in civil war; country disarrayed by war
- 抗戦こうせんresistance
- 聖戦せいせんholy war; crusade
- 一戦いっせんbattle; game
- 主戦しゅせんadvocacy of war
- 交戦こうせんwar; battle
- 前半戦ぜんはんせんfirst half of the game or match
- 前哨戦ぜんしょうせん(preliminary) skirmish
- 戦士せんしsoldier; combatant
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