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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Used in vocabulary (163 in total)
total war; all-out war
battle painting; war painting
war of independence
Examples (184 in total)
I'm afraid of war.
War is unavoidable.
War can be prevented.
The war was now over.
What do you think of war?
War suddenly broke out.
People are afraid of war.
I am against the war, of course.
The opposite of peace is war.
I want to rid the world of war.
The war is still going on.
He was wounded in the war.
The whole world was involved in the war.
Wars bring scars.
We foresaw the war.
Most people hate war.
The Japanese people have renounced war.
The people at large are against war.
Are you for or against the war?
Nothing is worse than war.
Who likes war?
That war ended in 1954.
It was the war that changed Japan.
He had fought in the last war.
The long war came to an end at last.
The shadow of war was closing in on the town.
Do you believe war will start?
You'll set us free once the war is over, right?
Many young men went to war.
Both nations entered into a war.
They are the so-called victims of war.
The war plunged the country into chaos.
War doesn't make anybody happy.
All the students protested against the war.
Every day at lunchtime, the kitchen is a war zone.
But the war tore the two of them apart.
The war began three years later.
If only there weren't a war on, this would be perfect.
France was at war with Russia.
The war brought their research to an end.
My grandfather told us about his experiences in the war.
They are victims of the so-called war.
The country was torn by war.
We must prevent war at any cost.
The war resulted from a mistaken policy.
We have seen three wars.
Do you really have any intention of avoiding war?
I wish there were no wars worldwide.
How many wars are going on at this time?
The general opinion is against the war.
The war had entered its final stage.
Hitler led Germany into war.
A war may break out at any moment.
The alternative possibilities are neutrality or war.
The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
A war broke out between the two countries.
She lost her only son to war.
All civilized countries are against war.
War must be avoided at all costs.
Nobody in the world wants war.
I wonder how this war will turn out.
I didn't even know that a war was happening.
When and where did the war break out?
If only there were no wars in the world.
The country was gearing up for war.
We must not go to war again.
If that isn't war, then what is it?
Many people were killed in the war.
The time may come when we will have no war.
The town was destroyed during the war.
He lost two sons in the war.
I wonder if skill with a sword is any use in a war.
This novel depicts the sadness of war.
The war drove many people from their hometowns.
My grandfather was a soldier during the war.
There is no doubt that people prefer peace to war.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
The war tore the lovers apart.
They lived in the countryside during the war.
What is the relationship between politics and war?
This house was built before the war.
Supposing war broke out, what would you do?
How can we abolish war?
The death of the king brought about a war.
The tragedy of war must not be forgotten.
My parents' generation went through the war.
This is because the form of war has changed.
The situation could only be settled by war.
What is the best way to put an end to the war?
My grandfather rarely talked about the war.
The war made the country poor.
The country's economy was dislocated by the war.
The history of humanity could be said to be the history of war.
The war diminished the wealth of the country.
War concerns us all.
It seems they were not eager for war to begin with.
What would you do if another war occurred?
My grandfather is someone who lived through the war and survived.
War broke out when the treaty was ignored.
It was the last battle that ended the war.
Most young people don't know the terror of war.
He is very much in the pro-war camp.
The war in Europe was carried into Africa.
The war didn't break out by accident.
Nobody can foresee when the war will end.
A breakdown in the negotiations will mean war.
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
We must prevent a war by all possible means.
My father told me about his experiences during the war.
In Greek mythology, Ares was the god of war.
She expressed her sentiments on the war.
Heavy industry always benefits from war.
Trade barriers were lifted after the war ended.
I have never believed in wars.
What will become of us if a war breaks out?
The country is very different from what it was just after the war.
Both of her sons died during the war.
The day will soon come when there will be no more wars in the world.
The war brought about death and destruction in the city.
We are entering a new phase in the war.
During the war, bombs were dropped on this town too.
Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.
I had been in the army for a month when the war ended.
Apparently the place looked as if a war had broken out.
The war has ended, and the flow of supplies has improved.
He was living in London when the war broke out.
What would become of us if war should break out?
The country had been devastated by long war.
Can you imagine a time when the world is free of war?
Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.
During the war, the newspaper was published underground.
During the war, people went through many hardships.
Bob went through many dangers during the war.
It was after four years that the war came to an end.
One million people lost their lives in the war.
Territorial wars always end in futile results.
Many atrocities were committed during the war.
When it comes to war, they are as brave as anyone.
A lot of people starved during that war.
After a brief peace, war broke out again.
In 1939, as in 1914, the world was on the brink of war.
The war broke out when she was in Hiroshima.
It is our ardent hope that the war will end soon.
The newspaper said another war broke out in Africa.
No one knows whether there will be a war in the Middle East.
The reporter learned about war first hand.
Tom was in Boston when the war began.
International problems must be solved by diplomacy, not war.
They supplied the war victims with food.
Their nationalism was one cause of the war.
His father died in the war, so he grew up in a single-parent family.
During the war, we had to do without sugar.
I hope the time will soon come when there would be no more war.
The real war is much more horrible than this story.
We had many bitter experiences during the war.
She had to part with her family when the war began.
As a result of the war, many people died.
Well, if we start arguing about that too, it'll turn into a war.
Moreover, war and music have an inseparable relationship.
He was living in England when the war broke out.
He explained the political background of the war on TV.
After all, this is a war for the survival of the species.
Ironically it is war that has brought a great many useful inventions into being.
The war between the two countries ended with a big loss for both sides.
The view that wars of aggression are unjust has been around for a long time.
The family lived a wretched life during the war.
They had to endure great hardship during the war.
During the war, America tried to stop trading with England.
At last both countries agreed on putting an end to the war.
He's a historian. He's now studying the structure of war.
When the war began, Tom was a little kid.
The constant border wars between England and Scotland came to an end.
The capture of the prince by the king led to another war.
War has taken away our happiness and replaced it with horror.
War breaks out when nations try to form their own empires.
He returned home from Europe in 1941, when the war broke out.
Everybody knows that he lost his leg in the war.
Many young men died in the cause of democracy during the war.
All his hopes evaporated when he lost his only son in the war.
Humanity has suffered more from war in this century than ever before.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
The war affected the way the Japanese view nuclear weapons.
He ruled for five years. In the sixth year, another king, who was stronger than he, waged war against him.
Many families had lost their savings during the war and had nothing to fall back on.