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    3. 戦端を開く

    戦端を開く

    戦せん端たんを​開ひらく​

    to open hostilities

    NTVerbMilitaryKanji Vocab43 strokes

    せんたんをひらく

    Verb

    1.
    to open hostilities, to take up arms (against)

    Stroke 0 / 43

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    戦
    いくさ・たたか.う・おのの.く・そよ.ぐ・わなな.く…(2)
    war・battle・match
    Kanji
    端
    はし・は・はた・-ばた・はな…(3)
    edge・origin・end・point・border…(2)
    Kanji
    開
    ひら.く・ひら.き・-びら.き・ひら.ける・あ.く・あ.ける…(4)
    open・unfold・unseal
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
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