► 名詞
戦 [いくさ] [arch] meaning: war rank: 3
☆ 腹が減っては戦ができぬ ⇨ You cannot fight a war when you are hungry (☛ A common proverb which means you cannot do things well when you are not prepared)
More examples:
- 戦後の人々の心に明かりを灯した歌 ⇨ The song that lit a light in people’s minds after the war
- 彼女は恐怖に戦いた ⇨ She trembled from fear
- 戦争で多くの血が流れた ⇨ Many blood was spilled by the war
- 私達は新しい販売戦略を立てた ⇨ We have come up with a new sales strategy
- 彼等の新製品は市場で大苦戦している (だいくせん) ⇨ Their new product is struggling mightily in the market
- 巨悪と戦う弁護士 (きょあく) ⇨ A lawyer who fights against big evil
- 彼等は占領軍に抗戦を続けた ⇨ They kept resistance against the occupying force
- 太平洋戦争は真珠湾攻撃で開戦した ⇨ The Pacific was started with Pearl Harbour attack
- 両国は国境上で激しく戦闘した ⇨ The two countries battled hard on the border
- 日本の近代は明治維新から第二次大戦終了までを指すことが多い ⇨ The modern Japan often refers to the time from Meiji revolution and the end of WW2
- 第二次大戦で多くの学生が出征した ⇨ Many students went to war during WW2
- チャンピオンと挑戦者 ⇨ The champion and the challenger
- 実戦を経験して自信が付いた ⇨ I’ve had hands-on experience and gained confidence
- 戦争は持久戦になった ⇨ The war has become a battle of endurance, attrition
- 現在のアフリカの戦争の殆どは欧州人の植民地支配に端を発する ⇨ Most of the ongoing wars in Africa have their origins in the colonialism by Europeans