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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 戦 |
いくさ |
(n) war; battle; campaign; fight |
173 |
| 戦争 |
せんそう |
(n,vs) war |
405 |
| 戦闘 |
せんとう |
(n,vs) battle; fight; combat |
469 |
| 戦い |
たたかい |
(n) battle; fight; struggle; conflict |
678 |
| 戦士 |
せんし |
(n) soldier; combatant; warrior |
721 |
| 大戦 |
たいせん |
(n) great war; great battle |
816 |
| 作戦 |
さくせん |
(n) military or naval operations; tactics; strategy |
1039 |
| 戦国 |
せんごく |
(n) belligerent country; country in civil war |
1121 |
| 戦後 |
せんご |
(n-adv,n-t) postwar period; period after Second World War |
1251 |
| 戦艦 |
せんかん |
(n) battleship |
1300 |
| 守 |
もり |
(n) nursemaid; baby-sitting |
1377 |
| 戦う |
たたかう |
(v5u) to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest |
1410 |
| 対戦 |
たいせん |
(n) waging war; competition |
1421 |
| 戦隊 |
せんたい |
(n) corps; squadron |
1615 |
| 戦車 |
せんしゃ |
(n) tank (military vehicle) |
1783 |
| 守る |
まもる |
(v5r) to protect; to obey; to guard; to abide (by the rules) |
1813 |
| 挑戦 |
ちょうせん |
(n) challenge; defiance |
1994 |
| 参戦 |
さんせん |
(n) participation in a war |
2064 |
| 戦略 |
せんりゃく |
(n) strategy; tactics |
2342 |
| 回戦 |
かいせん |
match; game |
2532 |
| 守護 |
しゅご |
(n) protection; safeguard |
2637 |
| 守備 |
しゅび |
(n) defense |
2701 |
| 戦前 |
せんぜん |
(n-adv,n-t) pre-war days |
2929 |
| 保守 |
ほしゅ |
(n) conservative; maintaining |
3073 |
| 合戦 |
かっせん |
(n) battle; engagement |
3312 |
| 戦記 |
せんき |
(n) military history |
3380 |
| 戦時 |
せんじ |
(n-adv,n-t) war time |
3433 |
| 戦死 |
せんし |
(n) death in action |
3444 |
| 決戦 |
けっせん |
(n,vs) decisive battle; deciding match; play-off |
3455 |
| 海戦 |
かいせん |
(n) naval battle |
3742 |
| 戦線 |
せんせん |
(n) (war) front |
3886 |
| 敗戦 |
はいせん |
(n,vs) defeat; losing a war |
3942 |
| 太平洋戦争 |
たいへいようせんそう |
(n) the Pacific War |
3973 |
| 終戦 |
しゅうせん |
(n) end of war; cessation of hostilities |
4010 |
| 戦術 |
せんじゅつ |
(n) tactics |
4170 |
| 戦力 |
せんりょく |
(n) war potential |
4482 |
| 歌合戦 |
うたがっせん |
(n) singing matches |
4515 |
| 戦場 |
せんじょう |
(n) battlefield; battleground |
4835 |
| 内戦 |
ないせん |
(n) civil war |
5543 |
| 実戦 |
じっせん |
(n) combat; actual fighting |
5866 |
| 冷戦 |
れいせん |
(n) cold war |
6068 |
| 開戦 |
かいせん |
(n,vs) outbreak of war; starting a war |
6509 |
| 苦戦 |
くせん |
(n) hard fight; close game |
6627 |
| 交戦 |
こうせん |
(n) war; battle; hostilities |
6777 |
| 戦法 |
せんぽう |
(n) tactics; strategy |
6790 |
| 戦績 |
せんせき |
(n) war or military record; score; military achievements; results |
7108 |
| 天守 |
てんしゅ |
(n) castle tower |
7260 |
| 観戦 |
かんせん |
(n,vs) watching a (sports) game |
8114 |
| 初戦 |
しょせん |
(n) first match (in a series) |
8583 |
| 戦役 |
せんえき |
(n) war |
9422 |
| 鎮守 |
ちんじゅ |
(n) local Shinto deity; tutelary god |
9461 |
| 戦果 |
せんか |
(n) military gains; war results; fruit of battle |
9486 |
| 陸戦 |
りくせん |
(n) land war |
9653 |
| 戦中 |
せんちゅう |
(n) during the war |
9710 |
| 聖戦 |
せいせん |
(n) holy war; crusade |
9722 |
| 激戦 |
げきせん |
(n) fierce (hard-fought) battle; hot contest |
9791 |
| 見守る |
みまもる |
(v5r) to watch over; to watch attentively |
9841 |
| 宣戦 |
せんせん |
(n) declaration of war |
10311 |
| 戦犯 |
せんぱん |
(n) (abbr) war criminal (from sensou hanzainin) |
10619 |
| 子守 |
こもり |
(n) babysitter; nursemaid |
10668 |
| 戦没 |
せんぼつ |
(n) death in battle; killed in action |
10707 |
| 主戦 |
しゅせん |
(n) advocacy of war |
10988 |
| 奮戦 |
ふんせん |
(n) hard fighting |
11328 |
| 留守 |
るす |
(n) absence; being away from home |
11351 |
| 反戦 |
はんせん |
(n) anti-war |
11386 |
| 太守 |
たいしゅ |
(n) viceroy; governor general |
11500 |
| 保守党 |
ほしゅとう |
(n) Conservative Party; the Right; Tories |
11643 |
| 戦乱 |
せんらん |
(n) wars; disturbances |
11730 |
| 戦功 |
せんこう |
(n) distinguished war service; merit of war |
11802 |
| 停戦 |
ていせん |
(n) armistice; ceasefire |
11817 |
| 守り |
まもり |
(n) protection; defense; safeguard; charm; talisman |
11873 |
| 戦災 |
せんさい |
(n) war damage |
12434 |
| 南北戦争 |
なんぼくせんそう |
(U.S.) Civil War |
12547 |
| 会戦 |
かいせん |
(n) engagement; battle |
12679 |
| 戦況 |
せんきょう |
(n) war situation; progress of a battle |
12785 |
| 守護神 |
しゅごしん |
(n) guardian deity |
12798 |
| 守護神 |
しゅごじん |
(n) guardian deity |
12798 |
| 遵守 |
じゅんしゅ |
(n,vs) observance |
12963 |
| 休戦 |
きゅうせん |
(n) truce; armistice |
12987 |
| 戦勝 |
せんしょう |
(n) victory; triumph |
13024 |
| 転戦 |
てんせん |
(n) fighting in numerous battles |
13068 |
| 野戦 |
やせん |
(n) field (mil) |
13167 |
| 連戦 |
れんせん |
(n) series of battles |
13167 |
| 戦史 |
せんし |
(n) military history or annals |
13250 |
| 戦歴 |
せんれき |
(n) military service; combat experience |
13558 |
| 再戦 |
さいせん |
(n) rematch |
14331 |
| 戦局 |
せんきょく |
(n) the state of the war |
14745 |
| 力戦 |
りきせん |
(n) hard fighting |
14921 |
| 抗戦 |
こうせん |
(n,vs) resistance |
15021 |
| 空戦 |
くうせん |
(n) (abbr) air battle; dogfight |
15079 |
| 戦火 |
せんか |
(n) war |
15609 |
| 戦機 |
せんき |
(n) time for battle; military secrets; strategy |
15771 |
| 攻守 |
こうしゅ |
(n) offense and defense; batting and fielding |
16112 |
| 善戦 |
ぜんせん |
(n,vs) fight a good fight |
16390 |
| 白兵戦 |
はくへいせん |
(n) hand-to-hand combat |
16439 |
| 戦列 |
せんれつ |
(n) line of battle |
16902 |
| 戦慄 |
せんりつ |
(n,vs) shudder; shiver; tremble with fear; horrible; terrible; hair-raising |
17074 |
| 戦意 |
せんい |
(n) fighting spirit |
17325 |
| 戦友 |
せんゆう |
(n) comrade in arms; war buddy |
17325 |
| お守り |
おまもり |
(n) charm; amulet |
17810 |
| 緒戦 |
しょせん |
(n) beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition |
17885 |
| 緒戦 |
ちょせん |
(n) beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition |
17885 |
| 好戦 |
こうせん |
(n) belligerence |
18155 |
| 接戦 |
せっせん |
(n) close combat; close contest |
18406 |
| 古戦場 |
こせんじょう |
(n) ancient battlefield |
18621 |
| 戦旗 |
せんき |
(n) battle flag |
18728 |
| 戦地 |
せんち |
(n) front (in battle) |
19235 |
| 留守番 |
るすばん |
(n,vs) care-taking; caretaker; house-watching |
19663 |
| 応戦 |
おうせん |
(n,vs) accepting a challenge; returning fire |
19721 |
| 守衛 |
しゅえい |
(n) security guard; doorkeeper |
20004 |
| 天守閣 |
てんしゅかく |
(n) castle tower |
20278 |
| 防戦 |
ぼうせん |
(n) defensive fight (battle) |
20510 |
| 人民戦線 |
じんみんせんせん |
(n) popular front |
20635 |
| 留守居 |
るすい |
(n) caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo era) |
20712 |
| 夜戦 |
やせん |
(n) night warfare |
20854 |
| 国守 |
こくしゅ |
(n) daimyo |
21353 |
| 戦傷 |
せんしょう |
(n) war wound |
21792 |
| 熱戦 |
ねっせん |
(n) fierce fighting; close contest |
21836 |
| 山守 |
やまもり |
(n) guardian of a mountain |
21972 |
| 看守 |
かんしゅ |
(n) jailer |
22165 |
| 死守 |
ししゅ |
(n,vs) defending to the last; defending desperately |
22749 |
| 戦費 |
せんぴ |
(n) war expenditures |
22948 |
| 宮守 |
みやもり |
(n) court or shrine guard |
23799 |
| 乱戦 |
らんせん |
(n) melee |
23799 |
| 砲戦 |
ほうせん |
(n) artillery battle |
23919 |
| 歴戦 |
れきせん |
(n) long military service |
23966 |
| 混戦 |
こんせん |
(n) free-for-all fight |
24080 |
| 守り神 |
まもりがみ |
(n) guardian deity |
24699 |
| 論戦 |
ろんせん |
(n) verbal dispute |
24777 |
| 守り抜く |
まもりぬく |
(v5k) to hold fast; to protect to the end |
25554 |
| 不戦勝 |
ふせんしょう |
(n) win without playing; unearned win |
26240 |
| 商戦 |
しょうせん |
(n) sales war |
26398 |
| 戦陣 |
せんじん |
(n) battle array or formation; battlefield |
26494 |
| 戦跡 |
せんせき |
(n) old battlefield |
26648 |
| 戦域 |
せんいき |
(n) war area; battlefield; theater (military) |
26893 |
| 不戦 |
ふせん |
(n) anti-war; war renunciation |
27241 |
| 厳守 |
げんしゅ |
(n,vs) strict observance |
27330 |
| 守旧 |
しゅきゅう |
(n) conservatism |
27901 |
| 専守防衛 |
せんしゅぼうえい |
(n) a nonaggressive defense (policy) |
28008 |
| 戦端 |
せんたん |
(n) opening of hostilities |
28200 |
| 戦禍 |
せんか |
(n) war damages; ravages of war |
28866 |
| 守銭奴 |
しゅせんど |
(n) miser; niggard |
29736 |
| 雪合戦 |
ゆきがっせん |
(n) snowball fight |
30308 |
| 守役 |
もりやく |
(n) a nurse or nanny; guardian |
30433 |
| 堅守 |
けんしゅ |
(n,vs) strong defense |
30969 |
| 守勢 |
しゅせい |
(n) (being on the) defensive |
31648 |
| 厭戦 |
えんせん |
(n) war weariness |
31784 |
| 好守 |
こうしゅ |
(n,vs) good fielding (baseball) |
31784 |
| 血戦 |
けっせん |
(n) bloody battle |
31930 |
| 戦病死 |
せんびょうし |
(n) death from disease contracted at the front |
32361 |