大戦

Japanese

Etymology

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

Alternative spelling
大戰 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 大(たい) (tai, “big, large”) + 戦(せん) (sen, “battle”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいせん [tàíséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠isẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

大(たい)戦(せん) • (taisen)

a great war, a great battle

Derived terms

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) (Daiichiji 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) (Dainiji 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) (Daisanji Sekai Taisen, “World War III the Third World War”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN