► 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:
- 私達の作戦が物の見事に的中した ⇨ Our strategy was spectacularly on the money
- 最終的には負けたが、戦えるという自信が付いたのは大きい ⇨ We lost in the end, but having gained confidence that we can fight is important
- 彼等は必死で防戦した ⇨ They desperately defended themselves
- 彼等は戦闘も辞さないという姿勢を崩していない ⇨ They haven’t changed the stance that they wouldn’t rule out using forces
- 試合は15対12の乱打戦になった ⇨ The game became a slugfest of 15 to 12
- 日本は未だブラジルと対等に戦えない ⇨ Japan still can’t play against Brazil on the equal level
- 試合は延長戦にもつれ込んだ ⇨ The game (was all tied up and) went into overtime
- 垂直に飛び立つことが出来る戦闘機 ⇨ A fighter plane that can lift off vertically
- この作戦は敵を引っかき回すのが目的だ ⇨ The goal of this operation is to stir up, confuse, distract, the enemy
- 戦うからには絶対に勝て ⇨ You chose to fight, so you must win
- 彼等は十連戦した ⇨ They played 10 games in a row
- 私達は全力を挙げて戦う覚悟だ ⇨ We are determined to fight with all our might
- 今回の敗戦が奮起に繋がるよう期待される ⇨ I hope this defeat would lead to motivation for bounce back
- 頼みの戦車部隊が敵に撃破された ⇨ The tank brigade we depended on got destroyed by the enemy
- 第二次大戦に参戦した人達はもう殆ど存命していない ⇨ There aren’t many people still alive who participated in WW2