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
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
great war; great battle; world war
strategy meeting; council of 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
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
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.)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
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.)
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
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
to fight to the bitter end
first match (in a series)
state of the war; war situation
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
cease-fire; truce; armistice
series of battles; successive battles
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
end of war; cessation of hostilities
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
person killed in action; the war dead
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
protracted war; war of attrition
military campaign; battle; war
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
decisive battle of brief duration
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
PvP battle; battle between human players (as opposed to AI)
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
common front; united front
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
distinguished war service; merit of war
final game; final games; the finals
major war; great war; world war
deciding match; play-off; runoff
individual match; single game
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
team competition; team game
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
rescue mission; evacuation operation
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
main theater of war; principal battlefield
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
regular game; regular-season game
losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
street fighting; urban warfare
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
(enter into, be in) a state of war
debut match; debut fight; debut race
military service; combat experience
retry; another try; another go
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
temporary truce; ceasefire
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
encounter; engagement; battle
operation plan; scheme of operations; plan of campaign
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
battle station; action stations
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
fierce fight; close contest
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
fighting in numerous battles
military history; military annals
preparing for action or battle
combat ship; combat vessel
hundred battles; many battles
first challenge; first try
American Civil War (1861-1865)
military operation; military tactics; military strategy
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
to fight to the last (death)
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
first half of the game or match
daimyo in the Warring States period
World War III; Third World War
early post war period; immediately after the war
being battlewise; being skilled in battle; experienced warrior
putting a plan into operation
to fight a battle; to have a fight
tournament; knockout competition
repechage; revival series
blitzkrieg; lightning war
post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
title fight; championship match
cheerleading competition; cheering contest
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
opening game; (season) opener
increasing one's fighting spirit
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928); Pact of Paris
community door-to-door campaign; search operation; cleaning campaign carried out thoroughly over an area
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
urging soldiers to fight more vigorously
brave fight; desperate fight
battle dust; the tumult of war
persons who have fallen in battle
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
war clouds; threat of war
win-loss records (between two participants)
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
chaos of war; war turmoil
theater of war (theatre); sector
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
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
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
exhibition game; preseason game
war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument
wartime regime; war footing
strategic resources; strategic materials
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
guerrilla warfare; unconventional warfare
corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)
war photographer; combat cameraman
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
early stages (of a game); opening phase
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
professional go players' championship series; professional shogi players' championship series
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
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
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
death in battle; killed in action
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
next match; next game; next contest
battle for Christmas sales
command group (behind the front lines)
match between fighters of different sports; battle involving two different disciplines
economic warfare; economic war
penalty shoot-out; kicks from the penalty mark
semifinal game of a tournament
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
conventional forces; conventional military forces
an army marches on its stomach; (lit.) you can't fight on an empty stomach
regularly scheduled game; regularly scheduled match
superdreadnought (class of warships)
pitching duel; pitchers' battle
operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
hard fighting; close contest
battle cruiser; battlecruiser
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
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
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
international law in time of war
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)
death from disease contracted at the front
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
failed at every attempt; defeated in every (match, battle, etc.)
Battle of Midway (June 1942)
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
long-term (business) strategy
quick battle for a quick victory; blitzkrieg
death in battle; killed in action
dreadnought (class of warships)
Battle of Waterloo (1815)
field cap (used by Japanese troops in WWII)
victor; victor troops; conqueror
all-out war; full-scale war
account of a (sports) game
national strategic special zone
anti-war argument; pacifism
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
scorched-earth strategy (tactics)
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
conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
fight outside the stadium; fighting outside the ring
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
(a) militant; (a) belligerent
naval brigade; naval land forces
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
antiterrorist operation; counterterrorism operation
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)
tank destroyer; self-propelled anti-tank gun
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
battle in the open; battle on an open field
Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts
post-World War I depression; depression of 1920-1921
front; first line; spearhead
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
Operation Barbarossa (1941)
Invasion of Normandy (June-July 1944); Normandy Invasion
Waseda-Keio (baseball) game
final vote; run-off ballot
start day for military operation; departure day; D-Day
war of defense; war of defence; defensive fight; defensive warfare
combatant; interested party in warfare; warring nation; belligerent
economic strategy; business strategy
championship tournament; finals
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
landing ship, tank; tank landing ship; LST
Chinese Civil War (1927-1937, 1946-1949)
to take a firm stand; to argue about
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
pincer operation (tactic)
struggle for supremacy; championship game
memorial service for the war dead
demilitarized zone; demilitarised zone; DMZ
Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
mud-slinging (e.g. in a political campaign); mud-slinging match; smear campaign; mud wrestle
interwar period (1918-1939)
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-5)
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality
to fight with; to contend with
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other
Seven Warring States (Chinese history); Seven Kingdoms
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
biological warfare; bacteriological warfare; germ warfare
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
field ration; combat ration
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
flame-throwing tank; flame tank
belligerent communities; armed resistance group
war memorial; memorial (monument) to war dead
Spanish-American War (1898)
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
class-B and class-C war criminals
Waseda-Meiji (baseball) game
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
quarterfinal game of a tournament
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
common front; united front
chaos on the roads; (lit.) traffic war
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched armies (teams)
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
push-button war; war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Battle of Dan-no-ura (final battle of the Genpei War; 1185)
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
battle for sales at year-end; year-end shopping season
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
exposure tactics; muckraking tactics
game or series of games between the first and second place teams
three-dimensional warfare
competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against)
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE
war communism (Russia, 1918-1921); military communism
Siege of Chihaya (Genkō War; 1333)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
theater missile defense (defence); TMD
skirmish; prefinals (in games)
Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
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
Spanish-American War (1898)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
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
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)