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    3. 戦端

    戦端

    戦せん端たん

    opening of hostilities

    KMT10News #35+1NounMilitaryKanji Vocab27 strokes

    せんたん

    Noun

    1.
    opening of hostilities

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    両りょう国こく間かんで戦せん端たんが開ひらかれました。

    Hostilities began between the two countries.

    KMT5MilitaryPolitics & Law
    戦せん端たんが開ひらかれると、多おおくの兵へい士しが戦せん場じょうへと送 られました。

    When hostilities began, many soldiers were sent to the battlefield.

    KMT9Military
    予よ期きせぬ攻こう撃げきにより、ついに戦せん端たんが開ひらかれることになった。

    Due to an unexpected attack, hostilities finally began.

    KMT10MilitaryPolitics & Law
    外がい交こう努ど力りょくが失しっ敗ぱいに終 わり、両りょう国こくの間あいだで戦せん端たんが開ひらかれるのは時じ間かんの問もん題だいだと見みられていた。

    Diplomatic efforts failed, and it was seen as only a matter of time before hostilities would break out between the two nations.

    KMT10MilitaryPolitics & Law
    歴れき史し家かたちは、その事じ件けんがどのようにして戦せん端たんを開ひらくきっかけとなったのかを分ぶん析せきしています。

    Historians are analyzing how that incident triggered the opening of hostilities.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary

    Kanji 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
    端
    はし・は・はた・-ばた・はな…(3)
    edge・origin・end・point・border…(2)
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