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    3. 防戦

    防戦

    防ぼう戦せん

    defensive fight (battle)

    KMT8News #22+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMilitaryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ぼうせん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    defensive fight (battle)

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    敵てきの攻こう撃げきに対たいし、彼かれらは防ぼう戦せん一いっ方ぽうだった。

    Against the enemy's attack, they were solely on the defensive.

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    城しろは数すう週しゅう間かんにわたり防ぼう戦せんを続つづけた。

    The castle continued its defensive fight for several weeks.

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    将しょう軍ぐんは防ぼう戦せんの準じゅん備びを命めいじ、兵へい力りょくを増ぞう強きょうした。

    The general ordered preparations for a defensive battle and reinforced the troops.

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    激はげしい防ぼう戦せんの末すえ、ついに敵てき軍ぐんを退しりぞけることに成せい功こうした。

    After a fierce defensive battle, they finally succeeded in repelling the enemy forces.

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    劣れっ勢せいな状じょう況きょうでも、兵へい士したちは最さい後ごまで防ぼう戦せんを諦あきらめなかった。

    Even in an inferior situation, the soldiers did not give up their defensive fight until the end.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    防
    ふせ.ぐ…(4)
    ward off・defend・protect・resist
    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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