戦国
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 戦 | 国 |
| せん Grade: 4 |
こく > ごく Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 戰國 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
From 戦 (sen, “battle, war”) + 国 (koku, “country”). The koku changes to goku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a warring state
- Synonym: 乱世 (ransei)
- Short for 戦国時代 (sengoku jidai, “the Warring States period (of both Chinese and Japanese history)”).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 戦 read as せん
- Japanese terms spelled with 国 read as こく
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese short forms
- ja:Historical periods