to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
war; fighting; fierce competition
war; battle; match; game; competition
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
battlefield; battleground
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
soldier; combatant; warrior
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
postwar period; period after Second World War
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
war situation; progress of a battle
tank (military vehicle); chariot
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
declaration of war; proclamation of war
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
strategy meeting; council of war
great war; great battle; world war
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
outbreak of war; starting a war
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
long military service; having experienced many battles
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to challenge (a person) to a fight
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
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.)
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
pre-war days; before the war
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
first match (in a series)
to fight to the bitter end
state of the war; war situation
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
cease-fire; truce; armistice
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
series of battles; successive battles
end of war; cessation of hostilities
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
person killed in action; the war dead
military campaign; battle; war
protracted war; war of attrition
first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
decisive battle of brief duration
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
PvP battle; battle between human players (as opposed to AI)
common front; united front
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
distinguished war service; merit of war
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
final game; final games; the finals
major war; great war; world war
deciding match; play-off; runoff
team competition; team game
individual match; single game
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
regular game; regular-season game
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
main theater of war; principal battlefield
rescue mission; evacuation operation
losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
street fighting; urban warfare
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
debut match; debut fight; debut race
military service; combat experience
retry; another try; another go
(enter into, be in) a state of war
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
temporary truce; ceasefire
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
encounter; engagement; battle
battle station; action stations
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
fighting in numerous battles
fierce fight; close contest
military history; military annals
hundred battles; many battles
preparing for action or battle
first challenge; first try
American Civil War (1861-1865)
combat ship; combat vessel
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
to fight to the last (death)
military operation; military tactics; military strategy
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
daimyo in the Warring States period
first half of the game or match
early post war period; immediately after the war
World War III; Third World War
putting a plan into operation
being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior
to fight a battle; to have a fight
repechage; revival series
tournament; knockout competition
blitzkrieg; lightning war
title fight; championship match
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
cheerleading competition; cheering contest
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem
increasing one's fighting spirit
opening game; (season) opener
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928); Pact of Paris
community door-to-door campaign; search operation; cleaning campaign carried out thoroughly over an area
urging soldiers to fight more vigorously
brave fight; desperate fight
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
war clouds; threat of war
battle dust; the tumult of war
persons who have fallen in battle
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
win-loss records (between two participants)
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
chaos of war; war turmoil
deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
sales battle; business competition
deployment of troops, equipment, etc. (in preparation for battle)
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
exhibition game; preseason game
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
theater of war (theatre); sector
war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument
wartime regime; war footing
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
strategic resources; strategic materials
guerrilla warfare; unconventional warfare
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
war photographer; combat cameraman
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
early stages (of a game); opening phase
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
professional go players' championship series; professional shogi players' championship series
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
shudder; shiver; agitation
opposing arcade machines wired together (for two-player games)
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
warring nations; belligerents
death in battle; killed in action
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
next match; next game; next contest
battle for Christmas sales
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
command group (behind the front lines)
economic warfare; economic war
match between fighters of different sports; battle involving two different disciplines
penalty shoot-out; kicks from the penalty mark
an army marches on its stomach; (lit.) you can't fight on an empty stomach
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
pitching duel; pitchers' battle
battle cruiser; battlecruiser
operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
hard fighting; close contest
semifinal game of a tournament
superdreadnought (class of warships)
war experience; experience of war; memories of war
World War III; Third World War
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
conventional forces; conventional military forces
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
regularly scheduled game; regularly scheduled match
anniversary of the end of a war
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
large-scale speculative go-around
strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
American War of Independence (1775-1783); American Revolution
ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
international law in time of war
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
long-term (business) strategy
death from disease contracted at the front
quick battle for a quick victory; blitzkrieg
death in battle; killed in action
failed at every attempt; defeated in every (match, battle, etc.)
Battle of Waterloo (1815)
field cap (used by Japanese troops in WWII)
account of a (sports) game
dreadnought (class of warships)
national strategic special zone
anti-war argument; pacifism
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
victor; victor troops; conqueror
all-out war; full-scale war
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
Spanish-American War (1898)
shoreline protection or operations
championship-deciding contest; final match; the finals
fight outside the stadium; fighting outside the ring
scorched-earth strategy (tactics)
conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima
tremor (muscular); trembling; shaking
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
dogfight; play-off with 3 wrestlers participating
strategic reciprocity; mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback
naval brigade; naval land forces
(a) militant; (a) belligerent
antiterrorist operation; counterterrorism operation
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
Austro-Prussian War (1866)
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
quarter-length game consisting of east round only
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
battle in the open; battle on an open field
tank destroyer; self-propelled anti-tank gun
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
Invasion of Normandy (June-July 1944); Normandy Invasion
Waseda-Keio (baseball) game
Operation Barbarossa (1941)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
post-World War I depression; depression of 1920-1921
final vote; run-off ballot
start day for military operation; departure day; D-Day
war of defense; war of defence; defensive fight; defensive warfare
championship tournament; finals
economic strategy; business strategy
front; first line; spearhead
landing ship, tank; tank landing ship; LST
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
Chinese Civil War (1927-1937, 1946-1949)
struggle for supremacy; championship game
pincer operation (tactic)
memorial service for the war dead
to take a firm stand; to argue about
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
interwar period (1918-1939)
Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
combatant; interested party in warfare; warring nation; belligerent
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-5)
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
mud-slinging (e.g. in a political campaign); mud-slinging match; smear campaign; mud wrestle
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
to fight with; to contend with
Seven Warring States (Chinese history); Seven Kingdoms
flame-throwing tank; flame tank
biological warfare; bacteriological warfare; germ warfare
field ration; combat ration
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
war memorial; memorial (monument) to war dead
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
belligerent communities; armed resistance group
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
Spanish-American War (1898)
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
chaos on the roads; (lit.) traffic war
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
class-B and class-C war criminals
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
push-button war; war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
common front; united front
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched armies (teams)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
Waseda-Meiji (baseball) game
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
skirmish; prefinals (in games)
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
three-dimensional warfare
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
Siege of Chihaya (Genkō War; 1333)
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE
war communism (Russia, 1918-1921); military communism
theater missile defense (defence); TMD
Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
game or series of games between the first and second place teams
exposure tactics; muckraking tactics
competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against)
quarterfinal game of a tournament
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to fight to the last (death)
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Spanish-American War (1898)
quarterfinal game of a tournament
tactical air control party
tactical air control center (centre)
battlefield air interdiction
forward edge of the battle area
combat electronic warfare intelligence
skirmish; prefinal (in games)
infantry fighting vehicle
tactical operations center; tactical operations centre
intermediate-range nuclear forces
match between persons equal in shrewdness
match between persons equal in shrewdness
(baseball) game between Waseda and Tokyo universities
to win every battle (that is fought); to be ever victorious
to win every battle (that is fought); to be ever victorious
Rikkyo-Meiji (baseball) game
Economic Strategy Council
match-up between wrestlers from different divisions who will probably 'switch' divisions in new ranking
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
go-slow tactics (of Japanese railway workers)
putting up a good fight against some odds
slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute)
tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe
obstructive tactics; harassing tactics
Three Alls Strategy (Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War)
strategy for dealing with China
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Sikh Wars (1845-1846, 1848-1849)
Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))
Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
evolutionarily stable strategy; ESS
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
strategic information system; SIS
war-risk insurance; war insurance
war-risk insurance; war insurance
Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799)
Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)
war of national liberation
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP
(crime of) preparations or plots for private war
Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
Lapland War (between Finland and Germany; 1944-1945)
distribution strategy; channel strategy
Battle of Kamakura (Genkō War; 1333); Siege of Kamakura
Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
Operation Ketsugō (Japanese military plan for responding to the Allied invasion of the homeland)
bonus-time sales offensive
hybrid warfare; hybrid war
explosive remnants of war; ERW
leave-taking tactics; many employees taking paid leave at the same time as a form of industrial action
War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)
price war; cutthroat competition
salami tactics (divide and conquer process of threats and alliances used to overcome opposition)