wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
tank (military vehicle); chariot
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
postwar period; period after Second World War
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
pre-war days; before the war
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
death from disease contracted at the front
great war; great battle; world war
military campaign; battle; war
series of battles; successive battles
military service; combat experience
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
death in battle; killed in action
hard fighting; close contest
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
long military service; having experienced many battles
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.)
deciding match; play-off; runoff
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
sales battle; business competition
victor; victor troops; conqueror
battlefield; battleground
soldier; combatant; warrior
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
state of the war; war situation
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)
person killed in action; the war dead
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
PvP battle; battle between human players (as opposed to AI)
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
title fight; championship match
team competition; team game
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
individual match; single game
protracted war; war of attrition
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight
final game; final games; the finals
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
distinguished war service; merit of war
regular game; regular-season game
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
debut match; debut fight; debut race
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
street fighting; urban warfare
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
battle array; battle formation; battlefield
military history; military annals
encounter; engagement; battle
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
fighting in numerous battles
rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)
post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
hundred battles; many battles
theater of war (theatre); sector
repechage; revival series
professional go players' championship series; professional shogi players' championship series
first half of the game or match
first half of the game or match
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
blitzkrieg; lightning war
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
tournament; knockout competition
brave fight; desperate fight
guerrilla warfare; unconventional warfare
battle dust; the tumult of war
regularly scheduled game; regularly scheduled match
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
opening game; (season) opener
early stages (of a game); opening phase
next match; next game; next contest
pitching duel; pitchers' battle
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
match between fighters of different sports; battle involving two different disciplines
exhibition game; preseason game
large-scale speculative go-around
semifinal game of a tournament
quick battle for a quick victory; blitzkrieg
anti-war argument; pacifism
failed at every attempt; defeated in every (match, battle, etc.)
dogfight; play-off with 3 wrestlers participating
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish
fight outside the stadium; fighting outside the ring
front; first line; spearhead
championship tournament; finals
Waseda-Keio (baseball) game
struggle for supremacy; championship game
interwar period (1918-1939)
playoff for the tournament win with three wrestlers participating
biological warfare; bacteriological warfare; germ warfare
quarterfinal game of a tournament
skirmish; prefinals (in games)
three-dimensional warfare
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
skirmish; prefinal (in games)
tactical operations center; tactical operations centre
match-up between wrestlers from different divisions who will probably 'switch' divisions in new ranking
the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)