大戦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	戦
たい Grade: 1	せん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From 大 meaning "big" or "great" and from 戦 meaning "battle".

Noun

大戦 (hiragana たいせん, rōmaji taisen)

a great war, a great battle

Compounds

世界大戦 (せかいたいせん) (sekai taisen, “a World War”)
第一次世界大戦 (だいいちじせかいたいせん) (dai ichi ji sekai taisen, “World War I, the First World War”)
第二次世界大戦 (だいにじせかいたいせん) (dai ni ji sekai taisen, “World War II, the Second World War”)
第三次世界大戦 (だいさんじせかいたいせん) (dai san ji sekai taisen, “World War III the Third World War”)

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