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せんごく
Meanings
Noun
1. country in civil war; country disarrayed by war
2. Warring States period (Japan, China)
3. competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.); anybody's game
Alt. forms
戦せん国ごく
89%
センゴク
10%
せんごく
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
daimyo in the Warring States period
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
picture scroll of battles and warriors in the Warring States period
Seven Warring States (of China); Seven Kingdoms