Word Meaning 決戦

けっせん kessen

決戦 is read as けっせん (kessen) and means decisive battle.

Meaning

English

decisive battle
deciding match
play-off

Reading

Kana

けっせん

Romaji

kessen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 11116 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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決勝戦

けっしょうせん

championship game

決定戦

けっていせん

deciding match

決号作戦

けつごうさくせん

Operation Ketsugō (Japanese military plan for responding to the Allied invasion of the homeland)

同点決勝戦

どうてんけっしょうせん

tiebreaker

本土決戦

ほんどけっせん

mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)

優勝決定戦

ゆうしょうけっていせん

deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))

準決勝戦

じゅんけっしょうせん

semifinal game of a tournament

準々決勝戦

じゅんじゅんけっしょうせん

quarterfinal game of a tournament

短期決戦

たんきけっせん

decisive battle of brief duration

速戦即決

そくせんそっけつ

quick battle for a quick victory

決して

けして

(not) ever

決まる

きまる

to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)

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