tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
war; fighting; fierce competition
battlefield; battleground
soldier; combatant; warrior
war; battle; match; game; competition
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
tank (military vehicle); chariot
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
combat power; fighting strength
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
war situation; progress of a battle
great war; great battle; world war
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
declaration of war; proclamation of war
postwar period; period after Second World War
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
strategy meeting; council of war
outbreak of war; starting a war
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
combat techniques; combat skills; fighting techniques
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
military campaign; battle; war
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
warrior princess (in fiction)
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
state of the war; war situation
pre-war days; before the war
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
first match (in a series)
cease-fire; truce; armistice
series of battles; successive battles
first game; first round (e.g. of a tournament)
end of war; cessation of hostilities
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
person killed in action; the war dead
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
PvP battle; battle between human players (as opposed to AI)
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
title fight; championship match
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
protracted war; war of attrition
team competition; team game
individual match; single game
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
final game; final games; the finals
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
deciding match; play-off; runoff
combat ship; combat vessel
decisive battle of brief duration
distinguished war service; merit of war
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
official match; regular game; regular-season game; formal match
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
common front; united front
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
major war; great war; world war
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
rescue mission; evacuation operation
human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
street fighting; urban warfare
debut match; debut fight; debut race
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition; first match (in a series)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
military service; combat experience
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight
retry; another try; another go
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
encounter; engagement; battle
war of aggression; war of conquest
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
battle station; action stations
military history; military annals
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
temporary truce; ceasefire
fighting to avenge someone's death; battle of revenge
preparing for action or battle
moving from one battlefield to another; fighting on successive fronts; fighting in various battles
theater of war (theatre); sector
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
hundred battles; many battles
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928); Pact of Paris
battle of words; debate; argument; dispute
continuation of war, fighting or battle
league match; league game; league series; round robin
World War III; Third World War
rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)
American Civil War (1861-1865)
strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view
post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
fierce fight; close contest
daimyo in the Warring States period
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
first challenge; first try
cheerleading competition; cheering contest
first half of a game; first half of a match
Meijin-sen (annual professional shogi title match); Meijin-sen (annual professional go tournament); Meijin-sen (annual competitive karuta title match)
repechage; revival series; loser's bracket; second-chance match
tournament; knockout competition
military operation; military tactics; military strategy
(team) pairings; match-ups
early post war period; immediately after the war
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
blitzkrieg; blitz; lightning war
putting a plan into operation
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
to fight a battle; to have a fight
urging soldiers to fight more vigorously
war of succession; succession war
brave fight; desperate fight
lifting of fighting spirit
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
battle dust; the tumult of war
community door-to-door campaign; search operation; cleaning campaign carried out thoroughly over an area
lessons learned in war; martial wisdom
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
war clouds; threat of war
Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
guerrilla warfare; unconventional warfare
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
wartime regime; war footing
regularly scheduled game; regularly scheduled match
hard fighting; close contest
sales battle; business competition
opposing arcade machines wired together (for two-player games)
account of a (sports) game
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
persons who have fallen in battle
war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument
battle cruiser; battlecruiser
deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
chaos of war; war turmoil
corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)
strategic resources; strategic materials
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); war between Japan and China
deployment of troops, equipment, etc. (in preparation for battle)
warring nations; belligerents
Mobile Suit Gundam (1979 animated series; media franchise)
War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
scorched-earth strategy (policy, tactics)
decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
war photographer; combat cameraman
strategic vision; strategic acumen
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
superdreadnought (class of warships)
opening game; (season) opener
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
main battle line; primary front
win-loss records (between two participants)
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
early stages (of a game); opening phase
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
death in battle; killed in action
conventional forces; conventional military forces
international law in time of war
next match; next game; next contest
economic warfare; economic war
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
pitching duel; pitchers' battle
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
semifinal game of a tournament
match between fighters of different sports; battle involving two different disciplines
penalty shoot-out; kicks from the penalty mark
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
game with many hits; high-scoring game
operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
Cold War (between the East and the West)
battle for Christmas sales
handicap match; handicap race
the end of the Cold War (1989)
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
dreadnought (class of warships)
exhibition game; preseason game
large-scale speculative go-around
Queen-sen (annual competitive karuta title match)
anniversary of the end of a war (esp. the end of WWII, August 15)
war experience; experience of war; memories of war
long-term (business) strategy
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
death from disease contracted at the front
war and peace; (making) peace; cessation of hostilities; reconciliation
American War of Independence (1775-1783); American Revolution
ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility
anti-war argument; pacifism
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
quick battle for a quick victory; blitzkrieg
field cap (used by Japanese troops in WWII)
Sakura Wars (video game series and media franchise)
failed at every attempt; defeated in every (match, battle, etc.)
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
War of the Roses (1455-1485)
victor; victor troops; conqueror
scorched-earth strategy (tactics)
tremor (muscular); trembling; shaking
all-out war; full-scale war
position warfare; stationary warfare
shoreline protection or operations
Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
Hussite Wars (1419-1434); Bohemian Wars; Hussite Revolution
dogfight; play-off with 3 wrestlers participating
Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima
Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Spanish-American War (1898)
the war generation; those who grew up during WWII (in Japan)
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
Austro-Prussian War (1866)
conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
fight outside the stadium; fighting outside the ring
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish
championship-deciding contest; final match; the finals
return to the line (of battle); coming back to the game; comeback
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
The Monkey and the Crab (folktale); The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab; Saru Kani Gassen
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
delaying operation; time-buying
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
quarter-length game consisting of east round only
oppositional defiant disorder; OOD
Normandy landings (1944); Invasion of Normandy
Commentaries on the Gallic War (Julius Caesar)
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
naval brigade; naval land forces
battle in the open; battle on an open field
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
fighter-bomber; fighters and bombers
tank destroyer; self-propelled anti-tank gun
battle painting; war painting
match in which Japan plays; Japan match; Japan game
front; first line; spearhead
playoff match to determine promotion and relegation (played between bottom-ranked teams of the higher division and top-ranked teams of the lower division)
fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts
Operation Barbarossa (1941)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
post-World War I depression; depression of 1920-1921
pincer operation (tactic)
economic strategy; business strategy
start day for military operation; departure day; D-Day
combatant; interested party in warfare; warring nation; belligerent
war of defense; war of defence; defensive fight; defensive warfare
picture scroll depicting a famous battle
championship tournament; finals
information warfare; information war
war neurosis; combat fatigue; battle fatigue; shell shock
Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
war heritage site; war ruins
match between Waseda University and Keio University (esp. baseball)
Chinese Civil War (1927-1937, 1946-1949)
to take a firm stand; to argue about
Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
struggle for supremacy; championship game
landing ship, tank; tank landing ship; LST
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BCE); Chu-Han War
final vote; run-off ballot
Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
ideological warfare; propaganda war
interwar period (1918-1939)
mud-slinging (e.g. in a political campaign); mud-slinging match; smear campaign; mud wrestle
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983 film)
antiterrorist operation; counterterrorism operation
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
war organization; war footing
Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment
Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
picture scroll of battles and warriors in the Warring States period
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
flame-throwing tank; flame tank
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Wars of Religion (of France; 1562-1598)
Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678); Dutch War
field ration; combat ration
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
Seven Warring States (of China); Seven Kingdoms
biological warfare; bacteriological warfare; germ warfare
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
belligerent communities; armed resistance group
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
Irish War of Independence (1919-1921)
Eighty Years' War (1568-1648); Dutch War of Independence
war memorial; memorial (monument) to war dead
quarterfinal game of a tournament
Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)
Animal Liberation Front; ALF
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994-1995 TV series)
struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched armies (teams)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929 book; 1930, 1979, and 2022 film adaptations)
chaos on the roads; high incidence of road traffic casualties; (lit.) traffic war
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
push-button war; war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
national strategic special zone
differentiation strategy; product differentiation
Social War (91-87 BC); Marsic War; Italic War
Starship Troopers (1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)
class-B and class-C war criminals
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
Jujutsu Kaisen (manga series)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
renunciation of war; outlawing war
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
three-dimensional warfare
skirmish; prefinals (in games)
competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against)
Waseda-Meiji (baseball) game
Chōriki Sentai Ohranger (1995-1996 TV series)
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE
war communism (Russia, 1918-1921); military communism
National Front (political party)
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
war debt; war bond; war loan
Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment
Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)
game or series of games between the first and second place teams
exposure tactics; muckraking tactics
theater missile defense (defence); TMD
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
Battle of Hokuetsu (1868)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Spanish-American War (1898)
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
intermediate-range nuclear forces
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
tactical operations center; tactical operations centre
skirmish; prefinal (in games)
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
team fight; team competition
strategy for dealing with China
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
Rikkyo-Meiji (baseball) game
declaration of ending a state of war
winning every match; victory in every battle
victory through good strategy; winning by outmaneuvering one's opponent; tactical victory
anti-guerilla tactics; counterguerrilla operations; counterinsurgency operations
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
combat capabilities; ability to fight
combat electronic warfare intelligence
war-risk insurance; war insurance
strategy based on material superiority
forward edge of the battle area
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (Chinese name for the Second Sino-Japanese War; 1937-1945)
information warfare; information war
Three Alls Strategy (Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War)
salami tactics (divide and conquer process of threats and alliances used to overcome opposition)
price war; cutthroat competition
tactical air control center (centre)
Operation Ketsugō (Japanese military plan for responding to the Allied invasion of the homeland)
distribution strategy; channel strategy
Front de Liberation du Quebec (separatist group); FLQ
close-quarters combat; close-quarters battle; CQC; CQB
battle of the brains; battle of wits; psychological battle
Strategic Council on Intellectual Properties; Intellectual Property Strategy Council
explosive remnants of war; ERW
War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
bonus-time sales offensive
strategic information system; SIS
interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
digital defeat; Japanese society and companies lagging behind (the West) in terms of IT and digital transformation
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Sikh Wars (1845-1846, 1848-1849)
Cod Wars (UK-Iceland confrontations over fishing rights; 1958, 1971, 1975)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
browser war (competition for dominance in the usage share of web browsers)
Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799)
Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)
Lapland War (between Finland and Germany; 1944-1945)
hybrid warfare; hybrid war
Schmalkaldic War (of the Holy Roman Empire; 1546-1547)
Carlist Wars (of Spain; 1833-1876)
Maccabean Revolt (of Judea; 167 BC)
Arab-Israeli War of 1948; First Arab-Israeli War
Paraguayan War (1864-1870); War of the Triple Alliance
battlefield air interdiction
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
(crime of) preparations or plots for private war
(baseball) game between Waseda and Tokyo universities
evolutionarily stable strategy; ESS
combat personnel; combatant; fighting staff
Moro National Liberation Front; MNLF
close-quarters combat; close-quarters battle; CQC; CQB
memorial service for the war dead
siege; besiegement; battle of encirclement
UN Truce Supervision Organization
filibustering; (lit.) cow tongue tactics
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE
war of national liberation
Economic Strategy Council
game with few hits; low-scoring game
combat techniques; combat skills; fighting techniques
slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute)
(strategy of) fielding political candidates to unseat rivals in one's own party
infantry fighting vehicle
strategic reciprocity; mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests
Naval Fighter Weapons School
battle-crazed person; battle maniac; person who lives only for the thrill of combat
Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War
leave-taking tactics; many employees taking paid leave at the same time as a form of industrial action
shaking palsy; Parkinson's disease
battleground state (in US politics); swing state
battleground state (in US politics); swing state
putting up a good fight against some odds
Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
war-risk insurance; war insurance
obstructive tactics; harassing tactics
war of annihilation; war of extermination
tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)
tactical air control party
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
War of the Polish Succession (1733-1735)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
warrior; combatant; soldier
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation