せんそう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. war
I wonder how this war will turn out.
2. fighting; fierce competition
Every day at lunchtime, the kitchen is a war zone.
Pitch accent
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んそう
Used in vocabulary (163 in total)
total war; all-out war
battle painting; war painting
war of independence
major war; great war; world war
war by proxy; proxy war
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
war of aggression; war of conquest
Pacific War (1941-1945)
nuclear warfare
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
American Civil War (1861-1865)
playing soldiers
warmonger; warmaker
post war; after the war
war of succession; succession war
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
war preparation
Korean War (1950-1953)
Gulf War (1990-1991)
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); war between Japan and China
War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
act of war; hostile act
Opium War (1840-42)
Opium War (1840-42)
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
war of liberation
economic warfare; economic war
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
Iraq War (2003-2011)
Franco-Prussian War
Crimean War (1853-1856)
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
war experience; experience of war; memories of war
War of the Roses (1455-1485)
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
all-out war; full-scale war
Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
Hussite Wars (1419-1434); Bohemian Wars; Hussite Revolution
Spanish-American War (1898)
Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Austro-Prussian War (1866)
renunciation of war
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
War on Terror (2001-)
Greco-Persian Wars
Greco-Persian Wars
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
information warfare; information war
Balkan Wars (1912, 1913)
war heritage site; war ruins
war neurosis; combat fatigue; battle fatigue; shell shock
cold war; the Cold War
Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
aggression; warmongering
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Wars of Religion (of France; 1562-1598)
Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678); Dutch War
local war; limited war
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
Spanish-American War (1898)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)
preventive war
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
chaos on the roads; high incidence of road traffic casualties; (lit.) traffic war
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
push-button war; war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
Social War (91-87 BC); Marsic War; Italic War
Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
psychological warfare
War on Terror (2001-)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Sikh Wars (1845-1846, 1848-1849)
Cod Wars (UK-Iceland confrontations over fishing rights; 1958, 1971, 1975)
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
browser war (competition for dominance in the usage share of web browsers)
war-risk insurance; war insurance
Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
Suez War (1956)
Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799)
Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)
war of national liberation
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
Lapland War (between Finland and Germany; 1944-1945)
Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
hybrid warfare; hybrid war
War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (Chinese name for the Second Sino-Japanese War; 1937-1945)
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
Schmalkaldic War (of the Holy Roman Empire; 1546-1547)
Carlist Wars (of Spain; 1833-1876)
Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War
Maccabean Revolt (of Judea; 167 BC)
Arab-Israeli War of 1948; First Arab-Israeli War
Paraguayan War (1864-1870); War of the Triple Alliance
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
Toledo War (1835-36)
Examples (184 in total)
I'm afraid of war.
War is unavoidable.
War can be prevented.