戦役

戦役

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戦	役
せん Grade: 4	えき Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 戰役 (MC t͡ɕiᴇn^H jwiᴇk̚).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せんえき [sèń'ékí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃e̞kʲi]

Noun

戦役 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 戰役, hiragana せんえき, rōmaji sen'eki)

1. a war

   Synonym: 戦争 (sensō)

2. a battle

   Synonyms: 戦い (tatakai), 役 (eki), 戦闘 (sentō), 交戦 (kōsen)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN