Japanese Word Entry

戰國

Simplified Japanese form: 戦国

Kana:せんごく
Romaji:sengoku
Definitions:
  1. country in civil war, country disarrayed by war

  2. Warring States period (Japan, China)

  3. competition in which there are several evenly matched participants, hotly contested game (match, market, etc.), anybody's game


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Chinese characters used in this word

war, fighting, battle
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓㄢˋ (zhàn)
Cantonese: zin3
Japanese: セン (sen) / いくさ (ikusa)、 たたか.う (tatakau)、 おのの.く (ononoku)、 そよぐ (soyogu)
Korean: 전 (jeon)
Vietnamese: chiến
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country, nation, nation-state
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó)
Cantonese: gwok3
Japanese: コク (koku) / くに (kuni)
Korean: 국 (gug)
Vietnamese: quốc
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