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► 動詞
戦争  [せんそう]  [戦争する]    meaning:  war  rank: 2
☆ 両国過去何度も戦争している ⇨ The two countries have had wars many times in the past

出征  [しゅっせい]  [出征する]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ 大戦くの学生が出征した ⇨ Many students went to war during WW2  (☛ Typically get drafted and go to war)

出兵  [しゅっぺい]  [出兵する]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ 米国イラクに出兵した ⇨ The US sent troops to Iraq

出陣  [しゅつじん]  [出陣する]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ 彼等決戦けて出陣した ⇨ They left for the decisive battle

► 名詞
戦争  [せんそう]    meaning:  war  rank: 1
☆ 二国間で戦争がこった ⇨ A war started between the two countries

  [いくさ]  [arch]    meaning:  war  rank: 3
☆ 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)

戦後  [せんご]    meaning:  war  rank: 3
☆ 戦後の日本 ⇨ The post-war Japan  (☛ Typically refers to the period after WW2)

大戦  [たいせん]    meaning:  war  rank: 3
☆ 日本は大戦を契機大きわった ⇨ Japan changed significantly with the WW2 as the turning point  (☛ Typically refers to WW1 and/or WW2)

反戦  [はんせん]    meaning:  war  rank: 3
☆ 彼女は反戦デモ参加した ⇨ She participated in an anti-war protest

合戦  [かっせん]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ の合戦 ⇨ The battle of Sekigahara   (☛ The battle was held in 1600 and started the Tokugawa dynasty)

戦火  [(4)せんか]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ くの人達が戦火をれて移民した ⇨ Many people emigrated escaping the war  (☛ Literally “battle fire”. A symbolic term for war)

戦前  [せんぜん]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ 戦前の日本 ⇨ The pre-war Japan  (☛ Typically refers to the period before WW2)

内戦  [ないせん]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ スペイン内戦 ⇨ The Spanish civil war  (☛ Literally “inside war”. A civil war)

不戦  [ふせん]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ 不戦条約 ⇨ A non-aggression treaty

  [(1)らん]  [liter]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ 応仁の乱 ⇨ The civil war in the Ohnin era (1467-1477)

冷戦  [れいせん]    meaning:  war  rank: 4
☆ の冷戦 ⇨ The cold war between US and Soviet

  [じん]    meaning:  war  rank: 5
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