Word Meaning 大戦

たいせん taisen

大戦 is read as たいせん (taisen) and means world war.

Meaning

English

  1. world war
  2. great war
  3. great battle

Reading

Kana

たいせん

Romaji

taisen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 小戦 Rank 1595 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

世界大戦

せかいたいせん

world war

大同盟戦争

だいどうめいせんそう

War of the Grand Alliance

大規模戦争

だいきぼせんそう

all-out war

第二次世界大戦

だいにじせかいたいせん

Second World War (1939-1945)

第一次世界大戦

だいいちじせかいたいせん

First World War (1914-1918)

第一次大戦

だいいちじたいせん

First World War (1914-1918)

第二次大戦

だいにじたいせん

Second World War (1939-1945)

第三次世界大戦

だいさんじせかいたいせん

World War III

宇宙大作戦

うちゅうだいさくせん

Star Trek (1966 American science-fiction television series)

大雪

おおゆき

"major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

大船

おおぶね

large boat

大変

たいへん

major incident

Example Sentences

10

The film takes us back to World War II.

World War II ended in 1945.

The Second World War began in 1939.

I wonder if a third world war will break out.

World War I broke out in 1914.

World War II ended in 1945.

The next year, World War I broke out.

World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945.

WW1 lasted from 1914 until 1918.

The Cold War began after World War Two.