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    3. 開戦

    開戦

    開かい戦せん

    outbreak of war

    KMT4News #7+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMilitaryKanji Vocab25 strokes

    かいせん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    outbreak of war, starting a war

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    戦せん争そうの開かい戦せんは突とつ然ぜんだった。

    The outbreak of war was sudden.

    KMT3Military
    両りょう国こく間かんの緊きん張ちょうが高たかまり、開かい戦せんの危き機きが迫せまっていた。

    Tensions between the two countries rose, and the danger of war breaking out was imminent.

    KMT4MilitaryPolitics & Law
    開かい戦せん後ご、多おおくの兵へい士しが戦せん場じょうに送おくられた。

    After the outbreak of war, many soldiers were sent to the battlefield.

    KMT4Military
    政せい府ふは開かい戦せんを回かい避ひするため、外がい交こう努ど力りょくを続つづけた。

    The government continued diplomatic efforts to avoid the outbreak of war.

    KMT5Politics & LawMilitary
    歴れき史し家かたちは、その出で来き事ごとが第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん開かい戦せんの引ひき金がねになったと分ぶん析せきしている。

    Historians analyze that event as the trigger for the outbreak of World War II.

    KMT6MilitaryHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    開
    ひら.く・ひら.き・-びら.き・ひら.ける・あ.く・あ.ける…(4)
    open・unfold・unseal
    戦
    いくさ・たたか.う・おのの.く・そよ.ぐ・わなな.く…(2)
    war・battle・match
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