Word Meaning 戦争

せんそう sensou

戦争 is read as せんそう (sensou) and means war.

Meaning

English

  1. war
  2. fighting
  3. fierce competition

Reading

Kana

せんそう

Romaji

sensou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Related Words 平和 Rank 2064 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

戦争犯罪人

せんそうはんざいにん

war criminal

戦争後

せんそうご

post war

戦争文学

せんそうぶんがく

war literature

戦争画

せんそうが

battle painting

戦争ごっこ

せんそうごっこ

playing soldiers

戦争計画

せんそうけいかく

war plan

戦争体験

せんそうたいけん

war experience

太平洋戦争

たいへいようせんそう

Pacific War (1941-1945)

南北戦争

なんぼくせんそう

American Civil War (1861-1865)

十五年戦争

じゅうごねんせんそう

Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)

中日戦争

ちゅうにちせんそう

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

日中戦争

にっちゅうせんそう

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Example Sentences

10

I'm afraid of war.

I'm against the war.

I'm against the war.

This war is over.

War isn't good.

This is a war crime.

I'm against the war.

The war lasted two years.

War is unavoidable.

War is unavoidable.