せんそう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. war
2. fighting; fierce competition
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
total war; all-out war
war for independence
Examples (153 in total)
This war is over.
War is unavoidable.
What do you think of war?
The war was now over.
War suddenly broke out.
I am against the war, of course.
People are afraid of war.
The war is still going on.
He was wounded in the war.
The whole world was involved in the war.
Wars bring scars.
We foresaw the war.
Most people hate war.
The Japanese people have renounced war.
The people at large are against war.
Are you for or against the war?
Nothing is worse than war.
It was the war that changed Japan.
The long war came to an end at last.
Do you believe war will start?
I haven't read "War and Peace" either.
Many young men went to war.
They are the so-called victims of war.
Both nations entered into a war.
All the students protested against the war.
The war began three years later.
France was at war with Russia.
The war brought their research to an end.
They are victims of the so-called war.
We have seen three wars.
The country was torn by war.
The war resulted from a mistaken policy.
We must prevent war at any cost.
How many wars are going on at this time?
The general opinion is against the war.
Hitler led Germany into war.
The war had entered its final stage.
The war ended with many victims.
The alternative possibilities are neutrality or war.
The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
All civilized countries are against war.
A war broke out between the two countries.
She lost her only son to war.
War must be avoided at all costs.
Nobody in the world wants war.
When and where did the war break out?
If only there were no wars in the world.
We must not go to war again.
Many people were killed in the war.
The town was destroyed during the war.
He lost two sons in the war.
My grandfather was a soldier during the war.
There is no doubt that people prefer peace to war.
I was born the year the war ended.
They lived in the countryside during the war.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
What is the relationship between politics and war?
Supposing war broke out, what would you do?
How can we abolish war?
The war brought ruin to the country.
The death of the king brought about a war.
The war diminished the wealth of the country.
My parents' generation went through the war.
What is the best way to put an end to the war?
My grandfather rarely talked about the war.
The country's economy was dislocated by the war.
War concerns us all.
It is hoped that the war will end before long.
What would you do if another war occurred?
War broke out when the treaty was ignored.
It was the last battle that ended the war.
The war in Europe was carried into Africa.
Shelters have been built in fear of war.
Most young people don't know the terror of war.
The war didn't break out by accident.
Nobody can foresee when the war will end.
A breakdown in the negotiations will mean war.
We must prevent a war by all possible means.
He studied the original text of War and Peace.
My father told me about his experiences during the war.
In Greek mythology, Ares was the god of war.
She expressed her sentiments on the war.
She read the digest of War and Peace.
Trade barriers were lifted after the war ended.
I have never believed in wars.
If there is ever another war, we will all die.
The country is very different from what it was just after the war.
Both of her sons died during the war.
The day will soon come when there will be no more wars in the world.
The war brought about death and destruction in the city.
We are entering a new phase in the war.
Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.
He was living in London when the war broke out.
War compelled soldiers to go to the front.
What would become of us if war should break out?
The country had been devastated by long war.
Can you imagine a time when the world is free of war?
Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.
Bob went through many dangers during the war.
One million people lost their lives in the war.
Many atrocities were committed during the war.
When it comes to war, they are as brave as anyone.
The war broke out when she was in Hiroshima.
A lot of people starved during that war.
After a brief peace, war broke out again.
In the war, many people died young.
They knelt down and prayed that the war would end soon.
War has produced famine throughout history.
The newspaper said another war broke out in Africa.
No one knows whether there will be a war in the Middle East.
The reporter learned about war first hand.
International problems must be solved by diplomacy, not war.
Their nationalism was one cause of the war.
During the war, we had to do without sugar.
I hope the time will soon come when there would be no more war.
The real war is much more horrible than this story.
She had to part with her family when the war began.
As a result of the war, many people died.
He was living in England when the war broke out.
He explained the political background of the war on TV.
Ironically it is war that has brought a great many useful inventions into being.
The war between the two countries ended with a big loss for both sides.
During the war, America tried to stop trading with England.
The family lived a wretched life during the war.
They had to endure great hardship during the war.
At last both countries agreed on putting an end to the war.
He's a historian. He's now studying the structure of war.
When the war began, Tom was a little kid.
The capture of the prince by the king led to another war.
The constant border wars between England and Scotland came to an end.
War has taken away our happiness and replaced it with horror.
His father died in the war, so he grew up in a single-parent family.
War breaks out when nations try to form their own empires.
Everybody knows that he lost his leg in the war.
Many young men died in the cause of democracy during the war.
All his hopes evaporated when he lost his only son in the war.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
The war affected the way the Japanese view nuclear weapons.
Many families had lost their savings during the war and had nothing to fall back on.
The war ended in 1945.
That war ended in 1954.
A war may break out at any moment.
The war took place 45 years ago.
The situation could only be settled by war.
The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
Heavy industry always benefits from war.
I had been in the army for a month when the war ended.
It was after four years that the war came to an end.
In 1939, as in 1914, the world was on the brink of war.
We had many bitter experiences during the war.
He returned home from Europe in 1941, when the war broke out.
Humanity has suffered more from war in this century than ever before.
He ruled for five years. In the sixth year, another king, who was stronger than he, waged war against him.