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Simple Dictionary Definition

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    wu3
wu
 bu
    ぶ
martial; military
(1) (archaism) the art of war; martial arts; military arts; (2) military force; the sword; (3) valor; bravery; (4) military officer; military man; (surname) Tokubu
martial

兵法

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bīng fǎ
    bing1 fa3
ping fa
 heihou; hyouhou / heho; hyoho
    へいほう; ひょうほう

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Art of War
art of war; military strategy and tactics
art of war; strategy; tactics; (surname) Heihou

反戰


反战

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fǎn zhàn
    fan3 zhan4
fan chan

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Antiwar / Anti-War
anti-war

司馬


司马

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sī mǎ
    si1 ma3
ssu ma
 shiba
    しば

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Sima
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China); (given name) Shime

武聖


武圣

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wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng

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Warrior Saint / Saint of War
the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])

波恩

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bō ēn
    bo1 en1
po en

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Bern
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990

蚩尤

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chī yóu
    chi1 you2
ch`ih yu
    chih yu
 shiyuu / shiyu
    しゆう

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God of Warcraft
Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
(archaism) Chinese god of war

軍神

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 gunshin; ikusagami; gunjin(ok)
    ぐんしん; いくさがみ; ぐんじん(ok)

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God of War
(1) god of war; (2) (ぐんしん, ぐんじん only) war hero (who died in battle); (surname) Gunshin

關帝


关帝

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guān dì
    guan1 di4
kuan ti
 Kantei

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Guandi: God of War
Guandi, the god of War, a deified hero of the Three Kingdoms, a protector of Buddhism.

八幡神

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 hachimanjin; yawatanokami
    はちまんじん; やわたのかみ

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Hachiman: God of War
Hachiman (god of war)

阿修羅


阿修罗

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ā xiū luó
    a1 xiu1 luo2
a hsiu lo
 ashura; asura
    あしゅら; あすら

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Frightful Demon / Asura
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
{Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura
asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps.

阿瑞斯

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ā ruì sī
    a1 rui4 si1
a jui ssu

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Ares
Ares, Greek god of war; Mars

飛虎隊


飞虎队

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fēi hǔ duì
    fei1 hu3 dui4
fei hu tui

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Flying Tigers AVG
Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two; Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit

孫子兵法


孙子兵法

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sūn zǐ bīng fǎ
    sun1 zi3 bing1 fa3
sun tzu ping fa

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Sun Tzu - Art of War
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]

摩利支天

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mó lì zhī tiān
    mo2 li4 zhi1 tian1
mo li chih t`ien
    mo li chih tien
 marishiten
    まりしてん

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Marici / Marishiten
{Buddh} Marici (Buddhist god of war); (place-name) Marishiten
Maricī

知彼知己

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zhī bǐ zhī jǐ
    zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3
chih pi chih chi

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Know Thy Enemy, Know Thyself
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

蒙哥馬利


蒙哥马利

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méng gē mǎ lì
    meng2 ge1 ma3 li4
meng ko ma li

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Montgomery
Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal; Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname)

全線


全线

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quán xiàn
    quan2 xian4
ch`üan hsien
    chüan hsien
 zensen
    ぜんせん
the whole front (in a war); the whole length (of a road or railway line)
(1) the whole (railway) line; entire (bus) route; (2) all lines; all routes; (3) the whole front (in war); (4) all fronts

兵戈

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bīng gē
    bing1 ge1
ping ko
 heika / heka
    へいか
weapons; arms; fighting; war
swords; arms; warfare
weapons

兵船

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bīng chuán
    bing1 chuan2
ping ch`uan
    ping chuan
 heisen / hesen
    へいせん
man-of-war; naval vessel; warship
warship

兵部

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bīng bù
    bing1 bu4
ping pu
 heibu / hebu
    へいぶ
Ministry of War (in imperial China)
(hist) (See 六部) Ministry of War (Tang dynasty China); (surname) Hiyoubu

干戈

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gān gē
    gan1 ge1
kan ko
 kanka
    かんか
weapons of war; arms
(1) (form) weapon; arms; shield and spear; (2) (form) fighting; war
shield and spear

戎馬


戎马

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róng mǎ
    rong2 ma3
jung ma
 juuba / juba
    じゅうば
warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
(rare) (See 軍馬) warhorse

近代

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jìn dài
    jin4 dai4
chin tai
 kindai
    きんだい
the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
(1) present day; modern times; recent times; (2) (hist) (See 明治維新) early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II); (female given name) Chikayo
in recent times

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 ran
    らん
revolt; rebellion; war; (personal name) Ranran

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zhàng
    zhang4
chang
 mamoru
    まもる
weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
(personal name) Mamoru
a weapon

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    fu2
fu
 toriko
    とりこ
to take prisoner; prisoner of war
(1) captive; prisoner; (2) victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

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    yi4
i
 yaku
    やく
forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
(1) role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service; (2) position (of responsibility); post; office; (3) part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character; (4) {mahj;cards;hanaf} scoring combination; hand; yaku; meld; (given name) Mamoru

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zhàn
    zhan4
chan
 sen
    せん
Japanese variant of 戰|战
(suffix) (1) war; battle; (suffix) (2) match; game; competition; (surname) Sen


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zhàn
    zhan4
chan
 sen
to fight; fight; war; battle
War, hostilities, battle; alarm, anxiety, terrified; translit. can.


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shāng
    shang1
shang
to die in childhood; war dead


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    ma4
ma
(arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war


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    lu3
lu
 ryo
    りょ
prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
(1) (archaism) (See 虜・とりこ・1) captive; prisoner; (2) (archaism) foreigner; barbarian; slave


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    ju1
chü
 sha
    しゃ
war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
(suffix) (1) car; vehicle; van; truck; wagon; lorry; (suf,ctr) (2) (train) car; carriage; (surname) Chiya
A cart, wheeled conveyance.

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tún
    tun2
t`un
    tun
war chariot

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péng
    peng2
p`eng
    peng
war chariot (archaic)

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fén
    fen2
fen
war chariot


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zhèn
    zhen4
chen
 jin
    じん
disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
(1) (See 背水の陣) battle formation; (2) (See 陣を張る) camp; encampment; position; (n,n-suf) (3) (See 報道陣) group; gang; party; corps; (4) (See 大坂夏の陣) war; battle; campaign; (given name) Noburu
a file of soldiers


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hòng
    hong4
hung
 kou / ko
    こう
tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance
battle cry; war cry; (given name) Kō

一戰


一战

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yī zhàn
    yi1 zhan4
i chan
World War I (1914-1918)

一鼓

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 ikko
    いっこ
the first beat of the war drum

不戦

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 fusen
    ふせん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) war renunciation; anti-war; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {sumo} bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers

主戦

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 shusen
    しゅせん
advocacy of war

乱離

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 ranri
    らんり
(adj-t,adv-to,adj-no) dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)

二戰


二战

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èr zhàn
    er4 zhan4
erh chan
World War II

交兵

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jiāo bīng
    jiao1 bing1
chiao ping
in a state of war

交戦

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 kousen / kosen
    こうせん
(n,vs,vi) war; battle; hostilities

交戰


交战

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jiāo zhàn
    jiao1 zhan4
chiao chan
to fight; to wage war

俘囚

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 fushuu / fushu
    ふしゅう
(1) (form) prisoner (of war); captive; (2) (hist) (See 蝦夷・1) Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods

俘虜


俘虏

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fú lǔ
    fu2 lu3
fu lu
 furyo
    ふりょ
captive
(See 捕虜) prisoner of war; captive

修羅


修罗

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xiū luó
    xiu1 luo2
hsiu lo
 shura; sura
    しゅら; すら
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 阿修羅) Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (2) fighting; carnage; conflict; strife; (3) sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); (4) (See 滑道) log slide; chute; flume; (female given name) Shura
asura, demons who war with Indra; v. 阿修羅; it is also sura, which means a god, or deity.

倒戈

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dǎo gē
    dao3 ge1
tao ko
to change sides in a war; turncoat

備戰


备战

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bèi zhàn
    bei4 zhan4
pei chan
prepared against war; to prepare for war; warmongering

內戰


内战

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nèi zhàn
    nei4 zhan4
nei chan
civil war

八幡

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 hachiman
    はちまん
(1) (abbreviation) (See 八幡神) Hachiman (God of War); (2) (abbreviation) (See 八幡宮) Hachiman shrine; (adverb) (3) (archaism) certainly; (place-name, surname) Yawata

共匪

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gòng fěi
    gong4 fei3
kung fei
communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))

兵乱

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 heiran / heran
    へいらん
war; disturbance

兵亂


兵乱

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bīng luàn
    bing1 luan4
ping luan
confusion of war; turmoil of war
See: 兵乱

兵備

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 heibi / hebi
    へいび
war preparations

兵書


兵书

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bīng shū
    bing1 shu1
ping shu
 heisho / hesho
    へいしょ
a book on the art of war
book on military science

兵火

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 heika / heka
    へいか
fire caused by war

兵災

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 heisai / hesai
    へいさい
(archaism) (See 戦災) war damage

兵燹

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 heisen / hesen
    へいせん
(See 兵火) fire caused by war

兵甲

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 heikou / heko
    へいこう
(1) (archaism) weapons and armour; (2) (archaism) soldier; (3) (archaism) battle; war

兵禍

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 heika / heka
    へいか
ravages of war

兵術

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 heijutsu / hejutsu
    へいじゅつ
the art of war; strategy; tactics

兵車

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 heisha / hesha
    へいしゃ
war chariot

兵難

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 heinan / henan
    へいなん
distress of war

兵革

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 heikaku; hyoukaku; heigaku(ok); hyougaku(ok) / hekaku; hyokaku; hegaku(ok); hyogaku(ok)
    へいかく; ひょうかく; へいがく(ok); ひょうがく(ok)
(1) (form) battle; war; (2) (archaism) (orig. meaning) weapons and armour; arms

兵馬


兵马

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bīng mǎ
    bing1 ma3
ping ma
 heiba / heba
    へいば
troops and horses; military forces
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs; (personal name) Heima

内乱

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 nairan
    ないらん
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

内戦

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 naisen
    ないせん
civil war

冷戦

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 reisen / resen
    れいせん
cold war; the Cold War

出征

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chū zhēng
    chu1 zheng1
ch`u cheng
    chu cheng
 shussei / shusse
    しゅっせい
to go into battle; to campaign (military)
(n,vs,vi) (1) going to war; departure for the front; (n,vs,vi) (2) departure for military service (in response to a draft)

出戰


出战

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chū zhàn
    chu1 zhan4
ch`u chan
    chu chan
(military) to go off to war; (sports) to compete

刺叉

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 sasumata
    さすまた
(martial arts term) two-pronged weapon for catching a criminal; man-catcher war fork

刺股

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 sasumata
    さすまた
(martial arts term) two-pronged weapon for catching a criminal; man-catcher war fork

劫波

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jié bō
    jie2 bo1
chieh po
 kōhi
kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)
kalpa; also劫簸; 劫跛; v. 劫. Aeon, age. The period of time between the creation and recreation ofa world or universe; also the kalpas offormation, existence, destruction, and non-existence, which four as acomplete period are called mahākalpa 大劫. Eachgreat kalpa is subdivided into four asaṇkhyeya-kalpas (阿僧企耶 i.e. numberless,incalculable): (1) kalpa of destructionsaṃvarta; (2)kalpaof utter annihilation, or empty kalpa 増滅劫; 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha; (3) kalpa of formation 成劫 vivarta; (4) kalpa ofexistence 住劫 vivartasiddha; or they may betaken in the order 成住壤空. Each of the four kalpas is subdivided into twenty antara-kalpas, 小劫 or small kalpas, so that a mahākalpaconsists of eighty small kalpas. Each smallkalpa is divided into a period of 増 increaseand 減 decrease; the increase period is ruled over by the four cakravartīs in succession, i.e. the four ages of iron,copper, silver, gold, during which the length of human life increases by oneyear every century to 84,000 years, and the length of the human body to8,400 feet. Then comes the kalpa of decreasedivided into periods of the three woes, pestilence, war, famine, duringwhich the length of human life is gradually reduced to ten years and thehuman body to 1 foot in height. There are other distinctions of the kalpas. A small kalpa isrepresented as 16,800,000 years, a kalpa as336,000,000 years, and a mahākalpa as1,334,000,000 years. There are many ways of illustrating the length of akalpa, e.g. pass a soft cloth over a solid rock40 li in size once in a hundred years, whenfinally the rock has been thus worn away a kalpa will not yet have passed; or a city of 40 li, filled with mustard seeds, one being removed everycentury till all have gone, a kalpa will notyet have passed. Cf. 成劫.

勃発

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 boppatsu
    ぼっぱつ
(noun/participle) outbreak (e.g. war); outburst; sudden occurrence

勃發


勃发

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bó fā
    bo2 fa1
po fa
to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out; rapid growth

動乱

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 douran / doran
    どうらん
disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot

北軍

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 hokugun
    ほくぐん
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)

南軍

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 nangun
    なんぐん
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)

卜征

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bǔ zhēng
    bu3 zheng1
pu cheng
to ask oracle for war forecast

厭戦

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 ensen
    えんせん
war weariness

厭戰


厌战

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yàn zhàn
    yan4 zhan4
yen chan
to be weary of war; (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)

参戦

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 sansen
    さんせん
(n,vs,vi) (1) participation in a war; going to war; (n,vs,vi) (2) taking part in a competition or contest

參戰


参战

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cān zhàn
    can1 zhan4
ts`an chan
    tsan chan
to go to war; to engage in war

反戦

see styles
 hansen
    はんせん
(adj-no,n) anti-war

反袁

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fǎn yuán
    fan3 yuan2
fan yüan
opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[Hu4 guo2 Zhan4 zheng1] 1915-1916

口火

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 kuchibi
    くちび
(1) fuse; pilot light; (2) cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger

吶喊


呐喊

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nà hǎn
    na4 han3
na han
 tokkan
    とっかん
shout; rallying cry; cheering; to shout
(n,vs,vi) (1) (form) battle cry; war cry; (n,vs,vi) (2) (form) (See 突貫・1) charging (at the enemy) with a shout

和戦

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 wasen
    わせん
war and peace; peace

商戰


商战

see styles
shāng zhàn
    shang1 zhan4
shang chan
trade war

喊声

see styles
 kansei / kanse
    かんせい
battle cry; war cry

四苑

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sì yuàn
    si4 yuan4
ssu yüan
 shion
The pleasure grounds outside 善見城 Sudarśana, the heavenly city of Indra: E. 衆車苑 Caitrarathavana, the park of chariots; S. 麤惡苑 Parūṣakavana, the war park; W. 雜林苑 Miśrakāvana, intp. as the park where all desires are fulfilled; N. 喜林苑 Nandanavana, the park of all delights. Also 四園.

壯丁


壮丁

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zhuàng dīng
    zhuang4 ding1
chuang ting
able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)
See: 壮丁

変乱

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 henran
    へんらん
(noun/participle) disturbance; uprising; war

夏官

see styles
 kakan
    かかん
(hist) (See 六官) Ministry of War (Zhou dynasty China)

大事

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dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 daiji
    だいじ
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
(adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK
(因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.

No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary